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Mahmud Barzanji

1878 - 1956

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Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, also known as Mahmud Hafid Zadeh (1878 – October 9, 1956), was a Kurdish nationalist and islamist leader of a series of Kurdish uprisings against the British Mandate of Iraq. He was sheikh of a Qadiriyah Sufi family of the Barzanji clan from the city of Sulaymaniyah, which is now in Kurdistan Region. He was named King of Kurdistan during several of these uprisings. When the British Mandate of Mesopotamia was established in what is now Iraq after World War I, the British sought a suitable means of governing the Kurdish north. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmud Barzanji is the 6,496th most popular politician (down from 4,957th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 129th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among politicians, Mahmud Barzanji ranks 6,496 out of 19,576Before him are Marcus Annius Verus Caesar, Theodora of Trebizond, Alberic I of Spoleto, Trần Đức Lương, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Jacob van Artevelde. After him are García Ramírez of Navarre, Amy Coney Barrett, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Ronald Lauder, Shoshenq IV, and Guido de Marco.

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Among people born in 1878, Mahmud Barzanji ranks 56Before him are Léon Werth, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Alfréd Hajós, Slavko Kvaternik, Boris Kustodiev, and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord. After him are Richard Sheldon, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Eino Leino, Paul Troost, James Oliver Curwood, and Angelica Balabanoff. Among people deceased in 1956, Mahmud Barzanji ranks 60Before him are Erich Kleiber, Pío Baroja, Hiram Bingham III, Hermann Abendroth, Elpidio Quirino, and Thomas J. Watson. After him are Nikolaj Velimirović, Art Tatum, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Guido Cantelli, Drastamat Kanayan, and Miklós Nyiszli.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Mahmud Barzanji ranks 172 out of 384Before him are Barham Salih (1960), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Dinkha IV (1935), Adil Abdul-Mahdi (1942), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), and Eannatum (-2500). After him are David Sassoon (1792), Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Ibn Muqla (886), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Ninus (null), and Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Mahmud Barzanji ranks 114Before him are Al-Mustakfi (905), En-anna-tum I (-2500), Barham Salih (1960), Adil Abdul-Mahdi (1942), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), and Eannatum (-2500). After him are Ibn Muqla (886), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Ninus (null), Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766), Lugalbanda (null), and Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1947).