Bakr Sidqi
Bakr Sidqi | |
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General Bakr Sadqi in uniform | |
| Born | 1890 Askar or Baghdad, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 11 August 1937 (aged 47) Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | |
| Branch | Royal Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1937 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles / wars | |
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Bakr Sidqi al-Askari (Arabic: بكر صدقي العسكري; 1890 – 11 August 1937) was an Iraqi general of mixed Arab-Kurdish origin, Sidqi, the Chief of the Iraq General Staff of the nation's military, was born in 1890 and assassinated on 11 August 1937, in Mosul..