Barzanji

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Barzinja in the province of Sulaimaniya (borders within the Kingdom of Iraq until 1958) and Mahmud Barzanji revolt in 1919 (red) in this province

The Barzanji ( Arabic برزنجي, Kurmanji Berzincî , DMG Barazanǧī ), often bar (a) Zanji, Barzinji, Berzinji, Berzencî or Barazenchi transcribed, are sometimes inaccurate as a "trunk" called followers of from the northern Iraqi town of Barzinja ( Barzinjah , province of Sulaimaniya derived) Kurdish Qadiriya - Sheikhs . Sayyid 'Isa Nurbakhsh, who is said to have settled in Barzinja in the 13th century, is considered to be her progenitor .

They must not be confused with the Kurdish Bar (a) zani clan from Barzan ( Arbil province ).

Significant namesake

Sheikh Mahmud Barzandschi proclaimed himself " King of Kurdistan " in 1922
  • Baba Ali Barzandschi (1912 / 15-?), Son of Mahmud Barzanschi, Iraqi minister 1946–1947, 1958–1959 and 1963
  • Jafar Abd al-Karim Barzanji (* 1940), Chairman of the Kurdish Executive Council (regional government) 1989–1991
  • Hussein Barzinji (* 1923), Kurdish poet from Sulaimaniya
  • Jaʿfar al-Barzanjī (1716–1764), religious scholar
  • Jamal Barzinji (1939–2015), US-Iraqi businessman
  • Kawa al-Barzinji, son of Latif and grandson of Mahmud Barzandschi, 1974–1980 member of the Kurdish Legislative Council (regional parliament)
  • Latif Barzandschi († 1972), youngest son of Mahmud Barzanschi, first Vice President of the Kurdish Democratic Party
  • Marouf Barzinji (* 1929), Kurdish writer
  • Mahmud Barzandschi (1878–1956), leader of several Kurdish uprisings against the Ottomans, British and Iraqis between 1909 and 1941
  • Muhammad Barzinji, spiritual leader of the Islamist community in Kurdistan
  • Mu'tassam Ramadan Barzanji, brother of Jafar Barzanji and commander of pro-Iraqi Kurdish militias during the Anfal operation
  • Raouf (Ra'uf) Barzandschi (* before 1912 / 15-?), Eldest son of Mahmud Barzanschi, lawyer, member of the Iraqi parliament 1937/38 and 1939-?
  • Raouf Abdul Karim Hussein al-Barazanji (* 1944), Kurdish member of the Iraqi National Assembly until 2003
  • Raouf Mahmud Said al-Barazanji (* 1950), Kurdish member of the Iraqi National Assembly until 2003
  • Sa'idi Isma'il al-Barzinji, 1986 to 1989 Minister for Economy and Finance of the Kurdish Executive Council (regional government)
  • Tayyib Muhammad Uthman Abdul Karim al-Barazanji (* 1950), Kurdish member of the Iraqi National Assembly until 2003

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erhard Franz : Kurden und Kurdentum - Contemporary history of a people and its national movements , pages 164f and 185. Mitteilungen 30, Deutsches Orient-Institut Hamburg 1986