Bakr Sidqi

Bakr Sidqi
Bakr Sidqi
	General Bakr Sadqi in uniform
Born	1890; Askar or Kirkuk, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 August 1937 (aged 47); Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
Buried	Baghdad
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq;
Service/branch	Royal Iraqi Army
Years of service	1913–1937
Rank	General
Battles/wars	First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; World War I; Arab Revolt; Simele massacre; 1935–36 Iraqi Shia revolts; 1935 Yazidi revolt;

Bakr Sidqi al-Askari (Arabic: بكر صدقي العسكري;^[1]‎ 1890 – 11 August 1937) was an Iraqi general of Kurdish origin,^[2]^[3] born in 1890 and assassinated on 11 August 1937, in Mosul.

^ "The National Archives of the UK, FO 406/76, p. 87" (PDF). 1938. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2017.
^ David McDowall, A Modern History of the Kurds, I.B.Tauris, 2000, ISBN 978-1-85043-416-0, p. 289.
^ Denise Natali, The Kurds and The State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, Syracuse University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8156-3084-5, p. 35.

[1] "The National Archives of the UK, FO 406/76, p. 87" (PDF). 1938. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2017.

[2] David McDowall, A Modern History of the Kurds, I.B.Tauris, 2000, ISBN 978-1-85043-416-0, p. 289.

[3] Denise Natali, The Kurds and The State: Evolving National Identity in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran, Syracuse University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8156-3084-5, p. 35.

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Bakr Sidqi
General Bakr Sadqi in uniform
Born	1890 Askar or Kirkuk, Mosul Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 August 1937(1937-08-11) (aged 47) Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
Buried	Baghdad
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
Service/branch	Royal Iraqi Army
Years of service	1913–1937
Rank	General
Battles/wars	First Balkan War Second Balkan War World War I Arab Revolt Simele massacre 1935–36 Iraqi Shia revolts 1935 Yazidi revolt