Original: Mahabad was economically bankrupt, and it would have been nearly impossible for Mahabad to have been economically sound without harmony with IranMcDowall, David, A Modern History of the Kurds, I. B. Tauris, 1996 (Current revision at May 14, 2004).
Simplified: ISBN 0679423893 McDowall, David A Modern History of the Kurds, I. B. Tauris, 1996 (Current revision at May 14, 2004).