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Bakr Sidqi | |
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 General Bakr Sadqi in uniform | |
| Born | 1890 Askar or Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 11 August 1937 (aged 47) Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | |
| Service |  Royal Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1937 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | |
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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.