Ahmed Barzani

Ahmed Barzani

Sheikh Ahmed Barzani ( _ku. ئه‌حمه‌د موحه‌ممه‌د بارزانی ), also known as Khudan (خودان), was the head of Barzani Tribe in Iraqi Kurdistan. He is considered to be the architect of Barzan by bringing many different Kurdish tribes under his command and expanding Barzan region. Along with his younger brotherMustafa Barzani, he fought against the oppression of Iraqi government in the 1920s and 1930s.

The first of the major Barzani revolts took place in 1931 after Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, one of the most prominent Kurdish leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan, announced his conversion to Christianity and succeeded in defeating a number of other Kurdish tribes as well as regular Iraqi troops. [ "The Kurdish Minority Problem", p.11, Dec. 1948, ORE 71-48, CIA [http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000258376/0000258376_0014.gif] .] .

He was later defeated by the British air attack and forced to flee to Turkey, where he was held in detention and then sent to exile in south of Iraq. He headed Barzan’s largest revolution from 1931 to 1937 and gained the respect of many Iraqi Army generals who were fighting him, such as General Abdul-Jabar Barznji the commander of Iraqi Army in Barzan region. Later, the two became close friends.

Barzani died in the late 1960s.

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