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Barzani (surname)
Barzani is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adham Barzani (born 1962), Iraqi Kurdish politician * Ahmed Barzani (1896–1969), head of the Barzani tribe in Northern Iraq * Asenath Barzani (1590–1670), Jewish Iraqi writer * Ayoub Barzani, Kurdish Iraqi writer and critic * Idris Barzani (1944–1987), first Kurd to ever fly a plane * Massoud Barzani (born 1946), leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, President of Iraqi Kurdistan 2005–2017, son of Mustafa Barzani * Masrour Barzani (born 1969), son of Masoud Barzani, member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party leadership * Moshe Barazani or Barzani (1926–1947), Jewish Kurdish member of ''Lehi'' (the "Stern Gang") * Mustafa Barzani (1903–1979), leader and founder of the Kurdistan Democratic Party 1946–1979 * Nechirvan Barzani (born 1966), (Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan) 2012–present, nephew of Mustafa Barzani * Sirwan Barzani, Kurdish businessman and military commander * Ubaidullah Barzani (1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adham Barzani
Adham Sheikh Othman Sheikh Ahmad Barzani (born April 16, 1962) is a former member of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. He is former Kurdish President Massoud Barzani's cousin. The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah (KRH) was led by Adham Barzani which was established in 1988 as a splinter group from Kurdish Hezbollah of Iran. Like other Iraqi Kurdish parties, the group received funds from Iran in the 1990s. KRH was dissolved in 2004. Adham Barzani became a member of Kurdistan Parliament The Parliament of Kurdistan ( ku, پەرلەمانی كوردستان ,Perlemanê Kurdistanê or simply Perleman, ar, برلمان كردستان, links=https://www.parliament.krd/arabic/), also called the Kurdish Parliament (IKP), is the parl ... on Kurdistan Democratic Party's list. References 1962 births Living people Kurdistan Democratic Party politicians {{Iraq-politician-stub He was a high member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he had a special position within the PDK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Barzani
Ahmed Mohammad Barzani (1896 – 11 January 1969) ( ku, ئهحمهد محهممهد بارزانی / Ehmed Mihemed Barzanî), also known as Khudan ( ku, Xodan / خودان), was the head of the Barzani tribe in Kurdistan. Sheikh Ahmed is considered to be the architect of Barzani rule in Iraqi Kurdistan. He was a Kurdish nationalist who brought many different Kurdish tribes under his command and expanded the Barzan region. Along with his younger brother Mustafa Barzani, he fought against the Iraqi government in the 1920s and 1930s. Battle with Assyrians When Assyrians were returning to Hakkari, Ahmed Barzani and his Zibari allies tried to prevent the Assyrians from passing through their territory. The Assyrians defeated them and inflected heavy losses. Barzani revolts The first of the major Barzani revolts took place in 1931 after Mustafa Barzani, one of the most prominent Kurdish leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan and the brother of Ahmed, succeeded in defeating a numb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asenath Barzani
Asenath Barzani (, 1590–1670), was a Kurdish Jewish female rabbinical scholar and poet who lived near Duhok, Kurdistan. Biography Family background Asenath was born into the Barzani family, a well-known Jewish family in northern Kurdistan, in 1590. Her grandfather, Netanel Halevi, was a rabbi and the leader of the Jewish community in Mosul, and considered to be a holy man in the local Jewish community and its environs. Due to the honor of his teachings, he was addressed as ''adoni'' (Hebrew, "my lord"). His son and Asenath's father, Rabbi Shemuel Barzani, a rabbi and mystic, was troubled by the status of the Torah among the Jews of Kurdistan, and by the lack of spiritual leaders and halakhic decisors. He established a number of yeshivas in Barzan, Akre, Amadiya and in Mosul, in order to cultivate wise students who could serve the public as rabbis, cantors, and kosher slaughterers. The education of such students were supported by donations from Jewish philanthropists. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayoub Barzani
Ayoub Barzani is a Kurdish writer and critic. He is the son of Babo Barzani, Ahmed Barzani's (The head of Barzan tribe) nephew and the first-cousin of Massoud Barzani, the former President of Iraqi Kurdistan. He took refuge in Iran after the collapse of the Kurdish revolt in 1975. While in Iran, he was arrested and intimidated by the Iranian secret service, the ( SAVAK). He left Iran at the end of 1976 and sought asylum in the UK. Ayoub Barzani currently resides in Switzerland, where he is a co-founder of an organisation known as Kurdistan Democratic Alliance. He was interviewed by Michael M. Gunter Michael M. Gunter is a professor of political science at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee and considered an authority on the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran. Brendan O’Leary referred to Gunter as, "The doyen of ... for his book. Works"The Assassination of the Spiritual Guide", ''Kurdish Aspect''* ''Barzan and the Awakening of the Kurdish Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idris Barzani
Idris Barzani (1944 – January 31, 1987) was a Kurdish politician in the Kurdistan Region. He was the brother of Massoud Barzani, the former president of the Kurdistan Region and the father of Nechervan Idris Barzani, the current president of the Kurdistan Region. He was often on diplomatic trips for the Kurdistan Democratic Party He died on January 31, 1987, of a heart attack. Idris Barzani was one of the most prominent political figures in Kurdish politics, spending his entire life serving the Kurdish cause alongside his father Mullah Mustafa and brother Massoud Barzani. Barzani was known to be the peacemaker figure among the Kurdish parties after the 1975 Algiers Agreement between Shah Pahlavi and Saddam Hussein which led to the Collapse of the Peace Accord. In the 1980s, Idris Barzani repeatedly attempted to hold a Kurdish Congress gathering the Kurds to unify the Kurdish political parties but his early sudden death didn't allow him to finish his duty. Life Early life Idr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massoud Barzani
Masoud Barzani ( ku, ,مهسعوود بارزانی, translit=Mesûd Barzanî}; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from 2005 to 2017. Early life and career Barzani was born in the territory controlled by the self-declared Republic of Mahabad, and succeeded his father Mustafa Barzani as leader of the KDP in 1979. Working closely with his brother Idris Barzani until Idris's death, Barzani and various other Kurdish groups fought with the Islamic Republic of Iran against the Iraqi military during the Iran–Iraq War. Barzani has played a key role in the development of the Kurdistan Region polity since the Gulf War. President of Kurdistan Region A major result of Saddam Hussein's defeat in the Gulf War (1991) and Operation Provide Comfort was the ultimate establishment of Kurdish control over their traditional homeland in northern Iraq, known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masrour Barzani
Masrour Barzani () (born 2 March 1969) is a Kurdish politician and serving as prime minister of the Kurdistan Region, an autonomous region of Iraq, since June 2019. He is also the chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council and a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He was sworn in as prime minister of the KRG’s ninth cabinet on 10 June 2019, after receiving 87 votes out of 97 legislators in the Kurdistan parliament. Early life and education He joined the Kurdish resistance fighters, known as Peshmerga or “those who face death", in 1985 at the age of 16. He was an active participant in the Battle of Khwakurk against Saddam Hussein’s army in 1988. He also participated in the 1991 uprising against Saddam Hussein after the first Gulf War and filmed both events. Despite this irregular childhood given the tumultuous nature of the Kurdish resistance, Barzani was able to complete his high school education in Iran. After seeing peace restored to the region in 1992, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshe Barazani
Moshe Barazani, also Barzani ( he, משה ברזני; June 14, 1926 – April 21, 1947), was an Iraqi-born Kurdish Jew and a member of Lehi ("Freedom Fighters of Israel," aka the "Stern Gang") underground movement in pre-state Mandate Palestine during the Jewish insurgency in Palestine. He is most notable for having committed suicide with a hand grenade together with Meir Feinstein, another Jewish underground fighter under sentence of death, shortly before their scheduled executions, and is memorialized in Israel today as one of the Olei Hagardom. Early life Barazani was born in Baghdad to a Kurdish Jewish family from Barzan. The family moved to Jerusalem when he was six. At an early age, he began working, initially as a carpenter's apprentice, and then in a soft drinks factory. Underground activity Barazani joined Lehi at an early age, following in the footsteps of his brother. Initially, he was a member of Lehi's youth division and posted propaganda leaflets, but later joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Barzani
Mustafa Barzani ( ku, مەلا مستهفا بارزانی, Mistefa Barzanî; 14 March 1903 – 1 March 1979) also known as Mela Mustafa (Preacher Mustafa), was a Kurdish leader, general and one of the most prominent political figures in modern Kurdish politics. In 1946, he was chosen as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to lead the Kurdish revolution against Iraq. Barzani was the primary political and military leader of the Kurdish revolution until his death in March 1979. He led campaigns of armed insurgency against both the Iraqi and Iranian governments.Korn, David (1994-06)''"The Last Years of Mustafa Barzani."'' Retrieved 2006-11-15. Early life Mustafa Barzani was born in 1903 in |
Nechirvan Barzani
Nechirvan Idris Barzani ( ku, نێچیرڤان بارزانی, translit=Nêçîrvan Barzanî; born 21 September 1966) is a Kurdish politician serving as the second President of Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He was elected into office by the Kurdistan Region Parliament in June 2019. Nechirvan Barzani was appointed as Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party since 2010. He previously served as Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government from March 2007 to August 2009 and March 2012 to May 2019. Nechirvan Barzani is also the founder of the University Of Kurdistan - Hewler, the region's top ranking university located in Erbil. His rule combines aspects of Kurdish nationalism, secularism, modernism and reforms, reforms in agriculture and women's rights. Early years Nechirvan Barzani was born in 1966 in the village of Barzan, Kurdistan Region. The name Nêçîrvan means ''hunter''. Barzani's surname originates from his birthplace of Barzan. He is the grandson of Mustafa Barz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirwan Barzani
Sirwan Saber Barzani (born ) is an Iraqi Kurdish businessman and military commander. He is a member of the Kurdish Barzani family. He is the older brother of Saywan Barzani, an Kurdish diplomat. Sirwan is the nephew of the former President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani and cousin to the President of Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani. He is one of the most famous young generals in the Kurdistan Region's military force in Iraq, called the Kurdish Peshmerga. Career Korek Telecom Barzani is the managing director of Korek Telecom, a mobile phone operator in Iraq. Korek is one of the oldest telecommunications companies in Iraq, having begun by offering services with Kurdistan and expanded nationwide after receiving a national operating licence in 2007. The company now has seven million subscribers and close to 3,500 towers across Iraq. The estimated worth of the company is $2 billion. Critics suggest that, as Masoud Barzani's nephew, he has only achieved his wealth through nep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaidullah Barzani
Ubaidullah Barzani was an Iraqi Kurdish politician, and the eldest son of the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani. He was born in 1927, and was his father's right-hand man. He was imprisoned in Basra from 1947 to 1955 after the failure of a rebellion led by his father against the Iraqi government. He was then detained in Baghdad for the period from 1955 to 1958. He was released after the, 14 July revolution in 1958. He defected from his father in 1973, and supported the Iraqi government's plan to declare an autonomous region in northern Iraq. New Party He joined the new Kurdistan Democratic Party, which was founded by Hashem Aqrawi and Aziz Aqrawi. He was appointed as Minister of State in the Iraqi government in 1974 during the rule of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ' (1 July 1914 – 4 October 1982) was the fourth president of Iraq, from 17 July 1968 to 16 July 1979. He was a leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and later the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
