Barzani
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Barzani may refer to:
  • Barzani Kurds
    Barzani Kurds
    The Barzani tribe is one of the most prominent Kurdish tribes in Kurdistan.The origin of the word Barzani is connected by scholars to the ancient Hurrian god Barzani. The sheikhs of Barzan are descendants of Imadia princes. Their grandfather, Massoud, moved to the village of Nafneka, near Barzan,...

  • Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
    Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic
    Barzani Jewish Neo-Aramaic is a modern Jewish Aramaic language, often called Neo-Aramaic or Judeo-Aramaic. It was originally spoken in three villages near Aqrah in Iraq...

    , a dialect spoken by Kurdish Jews

People with the name

  • Massoud Barzani
    Massoud Barzani
    Massoud Barzani is the current President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Barzani was born in Mahabad, Iran, during the rule of the Republic of Mahabad...

     (born 1946), current President of Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Nechervan Idris Barzani
    Nechervan Idris Barzani
    Nechirvan Idris Barzani , or ) is a Kurdish politician in Iraqi Kurdistan. He served as the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government from March 2006 to August 2009...

     (born 1966), former Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Mustafa Barzani
    Mustafa Barzani
    Mustafa Barzani also known as Mullah Mustafa was a Kurdish nationalist leader, and the most prominent political figure in the modern Kurdish politics. In 1946 he was chosen as the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party to lead the Kurdish revolution against Iraqi regimes...

     (1903–1979), founder of the Kurdistan Democratic Party
  • Masrour Barzani
    Masrour Barzani
    Masrour Barzani is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party leadership, son of the current Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani, and director of intelligence and security in Iraqi Kurdistan...

     (born 1969), member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party leadership
  • Idris Barzani
    Idris Barzani
    Idris Barzani was a Kurdish politician in Kurdistan. He was the brother of Massoud Barzani, a well-known Kurdish figure, and the father of Nechervan Idris Barzani. He was often on diplomatic trips for the KDP. He died on January 31, 1987, of a heart attack....

     (1944–1987), Kurdish politician
  • Adham Barzani
    Adham Barzani
    Adham Barzani, is a former member of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. He is Kurdish President Massoud Barzani's cousin.The Kurdistan Revolutionary Hizballah was led by Adham Barzani which was established in 1988 as a splinter group from Kurdish Hizballah. Like other Iraqi Kurdish parties, the...

     (born 1962), former member of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly
  • Ahmed Barzani
    Ahmed Barzani
    Ahmed Barzani , also known as Khudan , was the head of the Barzani tribe in South Kurdistan. Sheikh Ahmed is considered to be the architect of Barzan by bringing many different Kurdish tribes under his command and expanding Barzan region...

     (1896–1969), head of the Barzani tribe in South Kurdistan
  • Asenath Barzani
    Asenath Barzani
    Tanna’it Asenath Barzani was a renowned Kurdish Jewish woman who lived in Mosul, Iraq. She was the daughter of the illustrious Rabbi Samuel Barzani. She studied Kabbalah.-The life of Tanna’it Asenath:...

     (1590–1670), renowned Kurdish Jew who was among the first female rabbis
  • Moshe Barzani (1928–1947), Jewish Kurdish member of Lehi (the "Stern Gang")
  • Ayoub Barzani
    Ayoub Barzani
    Ayoub Barzani is a Kurdish writer and critic. He is the son of Babo Barzani, Ahmed Barzani's nephew and the first-cousin of Massoud Barzani, the President of Iraqi Kurdistan....

    , Kurdish writer and critic
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