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Mahmud Barzanji

King of Kurdistan (1878-1956) · Politicians · Died at 78

Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, also known as Mahmud Hafid Zadeh was a Kurdish leader who led a series of Kurdish uprisings against the British Mandate of Iraq. He was sheikh of a Qadiriyah Sufi family of the Barzanji clan from the city of Sulaymaniyah, which is now in the Kurdistan Region.

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He was subsequently given the title King of Kurdistan after the uprisings.

Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1956 · aged 78