western ▁Iran . ▁By ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁parts ▁of ▁Iran ian ▁A zer ba ij an ▁located ▁west ▁of ▁Lake ▁U rm ia ▁were ▁under ▁his ▁control . ▁He ▁led ▁Kur d ish ▁far mers ▁into ▁battle ▁and ▁defeated ▁the ▁Iran ian ▁army ▁on ▁several ▁occasions . ▁The ▁Iran ian ▁government ▁had ▁him ▁assass in ated ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 .< ref > M . ▁M . ▁G unter , ▁The ▁Kur d ish ▁Question ▁in ▁Pers pective , ▁World ▁Affairs , ▁pp . ▁ 1 9 7 - 2 0 5 , ▁No . 4 , ▁Vol . ▁ 1 6 6 , ▁Spring ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁( see ▁p . 2 0 3 ) </ ref > ▁Sim ko ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁mass acre ▁of ▁the ▁Ass y ri ans ▁of ▁K ho y ▁and ▁inst ig ated ▁the ▁mass acre ▁of ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁Ass y ri ans ▁in ▁Sal mas . ▁ ▁Family ▁background ▁His ▁family ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁and ▁polit ically ▁active ▁Kur d ish ▁families ▁throughout ▁Q aj ar ▁reign ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁to ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁S adi q ▁Khan ▁Sh ik ak ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁gener als ▁and ▁govern ors ▁in ▁the ▁Ag ha ▁Muhammad ▁Khan ' s ▁early ▁Q aj ar ▁state ▁and ▁was ▁command ing ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁soldiers . ▁However