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Abdul Razzak Mirjan is the founder of the Mirjan Hospital, in Hilla province. He is also one of the original initial founders of the original Kufeh University alongside Syed Mahdi Muhsin Al-Hakim and Mohammed Makiya and Dr Kadhim Shubber. He is the father of
Abdul-Wahab Mirjan Abdul-Wahab Mirjan (1909 – March 15, 1964) ( ar, عبد الوهاب مرجان) served as Prime Minister of Iraq from 1957 to 1958 at the time of that country's short-lived union with Jordan, which was formalized on February 14, 1958. A ...
, the Prime Minister of Iraq in 1957. He built and donated a number of mosques and also shrines for scholars in the mid Euphrates region of Iraq.


Early life

Al Haj Abdul Razzak Mirjan was born in the town of
Hilla Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province ...
in
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
to a farming family. His father moved the family to the town of Nasiriyah in 1880, when the Euphrates River rerouted due to excessive sedimentations until, 1905 when the situation was improving with the start of the building of the Al Hindya Dam. The family returned to Hilla to develop further their farming activities where they cultivated farming land. Abdul Razzak was one of the pioneers in expanding rice farming to the region. This resulted in the land yielding a rice harvest in the summer and a wheat harvest in the winter amongst other yields such as cotton.


Career

He built and donated mosques and a number of shrines for scientists and scholars in the mid Ephrates region of Iraq. These included the shrines for Jaafar Yahya Bin Saeed, Ibin Nema, Abu Al Fada yel – Ahmed Bin Tawoos Al Hilli amongst many others. He reconstructed the Al-Noukta Mosque, west of Aleppo in Syria. His name was synonymous with helping families in need and charitable donations. When you enter the town of Hilla you will notice the grand entrance of "The Mirjan Hospital". Abdul Razzak Mirjan built the hospital with a contribution from his cousin Al Haj Abdul-Abbas Mirjan. The hospital, which stands in a 250,000 m2 plot along the Euphrates River, was bequeathed to the nation. It was by His Majesty
King Faisal II Faisal II ( ar, الملك فيصل الثاني ''el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî'') (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regici ...
on 22 March 1957 in a grand ceremony attended by over 5000 guests including Prime Minister
Nuri al-Said Nuri Pasha al-Said CH (December 1888 – 15 July 1958) ( ar, نوري السعيد) was an Iraqi politician during the British mandate in Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq. He held various key cabinet positions and served eight terms a ...
and Crown Prince
'Abd al-Ilah 'Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz, ( ar, عبد الإله; also written Abdul Ilah or Abdullah; 14 November 1913 – 14 July 1958) was a cousin and brother-in-law of King Ghazi of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq and was regent for his first-cousin once re ...
of Hejaz. Originally a chest diseases hospital, The Mirjan Hospital continued to develop to become one of the main teaching hospital complexes for all specialties in the region.


Family

His eldest son, Abdul Wahab Mirjan, had a career in politics he served as Prime Minister of Iraq in 1957 having previously been appointed in various cabinets as, Minister of Communication and Public Works, Minister of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, Minister of Finance and was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, no less than eleven times. Abdul-Razzak Mirjan's second son is Abdul-Jalil, a lawyer, has continued to dedicated most of his time to following on, developing and the management of the family's farming business having had set up of a range of manufacturing industries in Baghdad. Abdul Razzak Jawad Ahmed Mahmoud Mansour Mirjan, from The Rabe'a Tribe, was a founding member of "Al Ikha' Al Watanny" Party in 1931.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirjan, Abdul Razzak 1883 births 1970 deaths Iraqi farmers Iraqi philanthropists 20th-century philanthropists 20th-century farmers