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nisba
The Arabic word nisba (; also transcribed as ''nisbah'' or ''nisbat'') may refer to:
* Nisba, a suffix used to form adjectives in Arabic grammar, or the adjective resulting from this formation
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'' al-Tikriti refers to people who were either born in or whose family were from the Iraqi town of
Tikrit
Tikrit ( ar, تِكْرِيت ''Tikrīt'' , Syriac language, Syriac: ܬܲܓܪܝܼܬܼ ''Tagrīṯ'') is a city in Iraq, located northwest of Baghdad and southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Gover ...
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Abu Raita al-Takriti Abu Raita al-Takriti ( ar, حبيب ابن خدمة أبو رائطة التكريتي, '), was a 9th-century Syriac Orthodox theologian and apologist.
Biography
Little is known about Abu Raita's life, and although some sources portray him as a ...
, 8th century Christian theologian.
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Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti
Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( ar, علي حسن عبد المجيد التكريت, ʿAlī Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī; 30 November 1941 – 25 January 2010), nicknamed Chemical Ali ( ar, علي الكيمياوي, ʿAlī al-Kīm ...
, former Ba'athist Iraqi Defense Minister and military commander.
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Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti (17 February 1951 – 15 January 2007) ( ar, برزان إبراهيم الحسن التكريتي), also known as Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Barasan Ibrahem Alhassen and Barzan Hassan, was one of three half-brot ...
, half-brother of Saddam Hussein and leader of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.
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Hardan al-Tikriti
Hardan ’Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti ( ar, حردان عبدالغفار التكريتي) (1925 – 30 March 1971) was a senior Iraqi Air Force commander, Iraqi politician and ambassador who was assassinated on the orders of Saddam Hussein. Add ...
, Iraqi Air Force commander, politician and ambassador.
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Omar al-Tikriti Omar al-Tikriti ( ar, عمر التكريتي, born ) is the son of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti and nephew of Saddam Hussein. He is a graduate of Baghdad College, in Baghdad, Iraq.Filkins, Dexter (2005-12-12). Boys of Baghdad College Vie for Prime Min ...
, son of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti wanted in Iraq for committing acts of terror.
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Rafi' Daham Al-Tikriti
Rafi' Dahham Mejwel Al-Hazza Al-Tikriti ( ar, رافع دحام مجول الهزاع التكريتي; 24 April 1937 – 11 October 1999) was from the same subtribe of Saddam Hussein's, Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, Director ...
, director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, former Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey and former Head of the Iraqi Secret Services.
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Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti ( ar, سبعاوي إبراهيم التكريتي; 27 February 1947 – 8 July 2013), half-brother of Saddam Hussein, was the leader of the Iraqi secret service, the ''Mukhabarat'', at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. He w ...
, half brother of Saddam Hussein, leader of the Iraqi Intelligence Service and presidential advisor.
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003.
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Arabic-language surnames
Political families of Iraq
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