Bamarni (Bāmarnī)
Bamarni (بامرني, بامهرنێ,, במרני) 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.
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. A Jewish community also previously resided at Bamarni. 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. At this time, there were six or seven Jewish households.
In December 2020, Miran Abdulrahman was appointed mayor of the sub-district, making her the first female mayor in the Dohuk Province.
The village is located in a mountain gorge and has a strong Naqshbandi presence.
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. A Jewish community also previously resided at Bamarni. 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. At this time, there were six or seven Jewish households.
In December 2020, Miran Abdulrahman was appointed mayor of the sub-district, making her the first female mayor in the Dohuk Province.
Map - Bamarni (Bāmarnī)
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The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) originating from different areas in present-day Iraq, dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c. 3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC, when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire. Later the Arameans dominated major parts of Mesopotamia (c. 900 BC – 270 AD).
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| IQD | Iraqi dinar | عد | 3 |
| ISO | Language |
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| AR | Arabic language |
| HY | Armenian language |
| KU | Kurdish language |