# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:30:57.918Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simko"
name: "Simko"
slug: "simko"
description: "Ismail Agha Shikak, also known as Simko, was a Kurdish chieftain of the Shekak tribe. He was a warlord who controlled significant land and led thousands of Kurdish rebels who defeated the Qajar and Pahlavi armies on several occasions. He had also fought against the Ottomans and other foreign troops in Iran. He also led ethnic conflicts of Assyrians and Azerbaijanis. In 1930, he was assassinated by the government of Pahlavi Iran."
tagline: "Kurdish chieftain and outlaw (1887-1930)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88_-_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%8C_%DB%B8_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1_%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B5%DB%B5%D8%8C_%DB%B2%DB%B8_%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%8C_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1887"
deathDate: "1930-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54
  momentum:             1.957875665270071
  historical:           16.98016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Сімко Шікак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "سمكو آغا شكاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88_%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "سیمیتقو شکاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_%C5%9E%C9%99qaqi"
    title: "Simko Şəqaqi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko"
    title: "Simko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%85%DA%A9%DB%86%DB%8C_%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "سمکۆی شکاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Schikak"
    title: "Simko Schikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88"
    title: "اسماعیل سیمیتقو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simkoy%C3%AA_%C5%9Eikak"
    title: "Simkoyê Şikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Шикаки, Симко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko_Shikak"
    title: "Simko Shikak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simko"
    title: "Simko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1567616"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump