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Azadistan

Note: This article has some serious historical and linguistic mistakes (Weblog authors)
by Jaume Ollé

I read about a government called Azadistan in Tabriz (1920). I suppose that the Persian liberal movement Azadikhahan is related with this government. The flag is the national one, with the inscription Zindabad Azadistanin black in the white stripe .

Jaume Ollé, 08 April 1997

Azadistan means "free land" (free as in freedom).For Azad, there is also the Pakistan part of Kashmir called Azad Kashmir.

As for the -istan or -astan suffix, it is an indo-iranian root that was borrowed by many Turkish languages and also by the Armenian language (Hayastan).Azad also means free in Armenian.

Luc Baronian, 10 April 1997