Pachachi (in written Arabic, Al-Bahjaji) is a surname. The Pachachi family are a prominenent
Sunni
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...
Iraqi landowning family.
[Yaacov Shimoni, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Middle East'', 1991, p.181] Notable people with the surname include:
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Adnan Pachachi
Adnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi ( ar, عدنان الباجه جي) (14 May 1923 – 17 November 2019) was a veteran Iraqi and Emirati politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nation ...
(1923–2019), Iraqi politician,
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Nadim al-pachachi
Nadim al-Pachachi (18 March 1914 – 29 February 1976) was the Secretary-General of OPEC from January 1971 until December 1972. Born in Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, he received a doctorate in petroleum engineering and worked in the Rumalia oi ...
(1914-1976), Iraqi politician,
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Hamdi al-Pachachi
Hamdi al-Pachachi (Arabic: حمدي الباجه جي; 1886 – March 28, 1948), Iraqi politician born to a prominent family in Baghdad. He studied law at the Royal School in Istanbul, graduating in 1909. He taught at the Baghdad Law School f ...
(1886-1948), Iraqi politician,
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Muzahim al-Pachachi
Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachi ( ar, مزاحم الباجه جي; 22 September 189123 September 1982) was an Iraqi politician who served as Prime Minister of Iraq during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Born to a prominent family and graduated from the B ...
(1891-1982), Iraqi politician,
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Maysoon Pachachi
Maysoon Pachachi (born 17 September 1947) is a film director, editor and producer of Iraqi origin. She was educated in Iraq, the U.S., Britain and can speak English, Arabic, French and Italian. She studied Philosophy at University College London ( ...
(born 1947), Iraqi film director
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Arabic-language surnames