Person

Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar

Also known as Ehsanollah Khan

Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar was an Iranian revolutionary who led the radical left wing of the Jangali movement in Gilan. In 1920 he joined Mirza Kuchik Khan in the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic, then helped push Kuchik Khan aside in a coup with the Communist Party of Iran. After the republic collapsed in 1921 he fled to Soviet Russia.

Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar
Image: http://www.shahbazi.org/pages/bahaism3.htm · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Persian Socialist Soviet Republic

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ehsanollah-khan-dustdar
MLA
“Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ehsanollah-khan-dustdar. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ehsanollah-khan-dustdar.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ehsanollah-khan-dustdar (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻