The
1935 Yazidi revolt took place in Iraq in October 1935. The Iraqi government, under
Yasin al-Hashimi, crushed a revolt by the Kurdish-speaking
Yazidi of
Jabal Sinjar against the imposition of conscription. The Iraqi army, led by
Bakr Sidqi, reportedly killed over 200 Yazidi and imposed martial law throughout the region. Parallel revolts opposing conscription also broke out that year in the northern (Kurdish populated) and
mid-Euphrates (majorly Shia populated) regions of Iraq.