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Bakr Sidqi | |
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![]() General Bakr Sadqi in uniform | |
Born | 1890 Askar or Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 11 August 1937 Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq | (aged 47)
Buried | |
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Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1913–1937 |
Rank | General |
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.