Bamarni

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.

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
Country Iraq
Region Kurdistan Region
GovernorateDohuk Governorate
DistrictAmadiya District
Sub-districtBamarni
Population
 (2014)[1]
  Urban
1,957
  Rural
5,687

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. "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. 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. 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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