Bamarni
Village in Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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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.
Bamarni | |
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Village | |
  Bamarni Location in Iraq  Bamarni Bamarni (Iraqi Kurdistan) | |
| Coordinates: 37°07′16″N 43°16′09″E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Region |  Kurdistan Region |
| Governorate | Dohuk Governorate |
| District | Amadiya District |
| Sub-district | Bamarni |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Urban | 1,957 |
| • Rural | 5,687 |
The village is located in a mountain gorge and has a strong Naqshbandi presence.[6]
History
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.[5] A Jewish community also previously resided at Bamarni.[7] 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.[8] At this time, there were six or seven Jewish households.[8]
In December 2020, Miran Abdulrahman was appointed mayor of the sub-district, making her the first female mayor in the Dohuk Province.[9]
