Bamarni | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 37°07′16″N 43°16′09″E / 37.12111°N 43.26917°E | |
Country | Iraq |
Region | Kurdistan Region |
Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
District | Amadiya District |
Sub-district | Bamarni |
Population (2014)
[1] | |
• Urban | 1,957 |
• Rural | 5,687 |
Bamarni ( Arabic: بامرني, [2] Kurdish: بامهرنێ, romanized: Bamernê, [3] [4] Syriac: Beṯ Mūrdānī, [5] Hebrew: במרני) [2] 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. [6]
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. [7] A Jewish community also previously resided at Bamarni. [8] 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. [9] At this time, there were six or seven Jewish households. [9]
In December 2020, Miran Abdulrahman was appointed mayor of the sub-district, making her the first female mayor in the Dohuk Province. [10]