Bamarni
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|subdivision_type2 = Governorate
|subdivision_name2 = Dohuk Governorate
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|subdivision_name3 = Amadiya District
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|subdivision_name4 = Bamarni
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| population_as_of = 2014
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| population_blank1 = 5687
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Bamarni ({{langx|ar|بامرني}}, {{langx|ku|بامهرنێ|translit=Bamernê}},{{Sfnp|KRSO|2009|p=161}}{{cite news|date=26 July 2020|title=Civilian vehicles bombed by Turkish jets in South Kurdistan|work=Firat News Agency|url=https://anfenglish.com/kurdistan/civilian-vehicles-bombed-by-turkish-jets-in-south-kurdistan-45534|access-date=22 August 2020}} {{langx|syr|Beṯ Mūrdānī}},{{cite web |url=http://syriaca.org/place/1044.html|date=14 January 2014|title=Beth Mūrdānī|last1=Carlson|first1=Thomas A.|access-date=22 August 2020|website=The Syriac Gazetteer}} {{langx|he|במרני}}){{cite web |url=http://archive.diarna.org/site/detail/public/1513/|title=Jewish Quarter, Bamarne, Iraq|website=Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life|access-date=22 August 2020}} 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.{{Cite book|last=فرنسيس|first=بشير يوسف|title=موسوعة المدن والمواقع في العراق - الجزء الأول|isbn=9781780582627|volume=1|pages=119|publisher=E-Kutub |language=ar}}
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.{{sfnp|Wilmshurst|2000|p=133}} A Jewish community also previously resided at Bamarni.{{cite web |url=http://archive.diarna.org/site/detail/public/82/|title=Cave at Bamarne, Iraqi-Kurdistan|website=Diarna: The Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life|access-date=22 August 2020}} 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.{{sfnp|Zaken|2007|p=265}} At this time, there were six or seven Jewish households.{{sfnp|Zaken|2007|p=265}}
In December 2020, Miran Abdulrahman was appointed mayor of the sub-district, making her the first female mayor in the Dohuk Province.{{Cite news|last=Nasri|first=Ayub|date=3 December 2020|title=First woman mayor appointed in Duhok Province|work=Rûdaw|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/031220201|access-date=3 December 2020}}
See also
References
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Bibliography
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- {{Citation|last=KRSO|title=2009 - ناوی پاریزگا. يه که کارگيرييه كانی پاریزگاكانی هه ریمی کوردستان|url=http://www.krso.net/files/articles/130814110413.pdf|website=Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO)|pages=1–179|year=2009|language=ku|access-date=6 February 2021|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314064035/http://krso.net/files/articles/130814110413.pdf}}
- {{cite book | last1 =Wilmshurst| first1 =David|date=2000|title=The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913|publisher=Peeters Publishers}}
- {{cite book | last1 =Zaken| first1 =Mordechai|date=2007|title=Jewish Subjects and Their Tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan: A Study in Survival|publisher=Brill}}
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Category:Populated places in Dohuk Province
Category:Kurdish settlements in Iraq
Category:Historic Jewish communities in Iraq
Category:Historic Assyrian communities in Iraq
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