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 Location in Iraq  Bamarni Bamarni (Iraqi Kurdistan) | |
| Coordinates: 37°07′16″N 43°16′09″E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| District | Amadiya District |
| Sub-district | Bamarni |
| 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
- Ali Sindi; Ramanathan Balakrishnan; Gerard Waite (July 2018). "Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Demographic Survey" (PDF). ReliefWeb. International Organization for Migration. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- "Jewish Quarter, Bamarne, Iraq". Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- KRSO (2009), p. 161.
- "Civilian vehicles bombed by Turkish jets in South Kurdistan". Firat News Agency. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- Carlson, Thomas A. (14 January 2014). "Beth Mūrdānī". The Syriac Gazetteer. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- فرنسيس, بشير يوسف. موسوعة المدن والمواقع في العراق - الجزء الأول (in Arabic). Vol. 1. p. 119. ISBN 9781780582627.
- Wilmshurst (2000), p. 133.
- "Cave at Bamarne, Iraqi-Kurdistan". Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- Zaken (2007), p. 265.
- Nasri, Ayub (3 December 2020). "First woman mayor appointed in Duhok Province". Rûdaw. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
Bibliography
- KRSO (2009), "2009 - ناوی پاریزگا. يه که کارگيرييه كانی پاریزگاكانی هه ریمی کوردستان" (PDF), Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO) (in Kurdish), pp. 1–179, archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2017, retrieved 6 February 2021
- Wilmshurst, David (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters Publishers.
- Zaken, Mordechai (2007). Jewish Subjects and Their Tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan: A Study in Survival. Brill.