Bamarni

Bamarni
Village
Bamarni is located in Iraq
Bamarni
Bamarni
Location in Iraq
Bamarni is located in Iraqi Kurdistan
Bamarni
Bamarni
Bamarni (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Coordinates: 37°07′16″N 43°16′09″E / 37.12111°N 43.26917°E / 37.12111; 43.26917
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictAmadiya District
Sub-districtBamarni
Population
 (2014)[1]
 • Urban
1,957
 • Rural
5,687

Bamarni (Arabic: بامرني,[2] Kurdish: بامه‌رنێ, romanized: Bamernê,[3][4] Syriac: Beṯ Mūrdānī,[5] Hebrew: במרני)[2] is a village and sub-district in the Dohuk Governorate in Kurdistan Region, Iraq. It is located in the Sapna valley in the district of Amadiya.

The village is located in a mountain gorge and has a strong Naqshbandi presence.[6]

History

Bamarni is first attested as an Assyrian Christian village with the name Beṯ Mūrdānī in the 10th-century Life of Rabban Joseph Busnaya whose inhabitants adhered to the Church of the East.[7] A Jewish community also previously resided at Bamarni.[8] In the early 20th century, Bamarni was the residence of the Naqshbandi Sheikh Bahā al-Dīn, whose house and takiyya was destroyed by the British in August 1919, but was later permitted to return.[9] At this time, there were six or seven Jewish households.[9]

In December 2020, Miran Abdulrahman was appointed mayor of the sub-district, making her the first female mayor in the Dohuk Province.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Jewish Quarter, Bamarne, Iraq". Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ KRSO (2009), p. 161.
  4. ^ "Civilian vehicles bombed by Turkish jets in South Kurdistan". Firat News Agency. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ Carlson, Thomas A. (14 January 2014). "Beth Mūrdānī". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. ^ فرنسيس, بشير يوسف. موسوعة المدن والمواقع في العراق - الجزء الأول (in Arabic). Vol. 1. E-Kutub. p. 119. ISBN 9781780582627.
  7. ^ Wilmshurst (2000), p. 133.
  8. ^ "Cave at Bamarne, Iraqi-Kurdistan". Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ a b Zaken (2007), p. 265.
  10. ^ Nasri, Ayub (3 December 2020). "First woman mayor appointed in Duhok Province". Rûdaw. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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