Bakr Sidqi

Bakr Sidqi
General Bakr Sadqi in uniform
Born1890
Askar or Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
Died11 August 1937(1937-08-11) (aged 47)
Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
Buried
Allegiance
Service / branchIraq Royal Iraqi Army
Years of service1913–1937
RankGeneral
Battles / wars

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.

  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.