Abdul Aziz Yamulki
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Born21 December 1890
Died25 July 1981 (aged 90)
AllegianceOttoman Empire, Kingdom of Kurdistan, Iraq
RankGeneral
Abdul Aziz Yamulki | |
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 Abdul Aziz Yamulki | |
| Born | 21 December 1890 |
| Died | 25 July 1981 (aged 90) |
| Allegiance | Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Kurdistan, Iraq |
| Rank | General |
| Unit | Mechanical Transport |
Abdul Aziz Yamulki (21 December 1890 – 25 July 1981) was the son of Mustafa Yamulki, nephew of Said Pasha Kurd and Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha and a cousin of Şerif Pasha and Kurd Fuad Pasha.
Yamulki was born into a prominent family from Sulaymaniah; Aziz was raised in a privileged environment and moved to Constantinople, where lived in his uncle's Said Pasha Kurd's palace and attended the Ottoman military academy. His father had returned to his native Sulaymaniah after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Aziz would later join the Iraqi military.
Aziz and seven other officers mainly of Kurdish ethnicity started to plot the downfall of the Iraqi government.
- Aziz Yamulki, officer commanding Mechanical Transport.
- Amin al-Umari, officer commanding the first Infantry Division.
- Salah ad-Din as-Sabbagh, as Director of Military Operations.
- Mahmud Salman, as officer commanding Mechanized Forces.
- Kamil Shabib, as Commandant of the Infantry.
