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Born 965 (possibly) Basra, Persia (now Iraq)

1162, Baghdad – 1231, Baghdad

was an Iraqi doctor and politician

Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi (Arabic: علي فالح كاظم الزيدي, romanized: ʻAlī Fāliḥ Kāẓim az-Zaydī; born 1 May 1985) is an Iraqi banker, businessman, politician, and the current prime minister of Iraq since 2026.

Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi (born 8 February 1968) is an Iraqi engineer and politician who has served as president of Iraq since 2026.

Uday Saddam Hussein (Arabic: عدي صدام حسين; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician, military leader, and businessman.

Thaair Hussin is an Iraqi Paralympic powerlifter.

thought to originate in the historic region of Mesopotamia

Tablets found in ancient ruins in Iraq show recipes prepared in the temples during religious festivals—the first cookbooks in the world.

It comes from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq

Saddam was born in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, to a peasant Sunni Arab family.

was found in a 1922 expedition in Larsa in modern-day Iraq

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: محمد باقر الصدر, romanized: Muḥammad Bāqir aṣ-Ṣadr; March 1, 1935 – April 9, 1980), also known as al-Shahid al-Khamis (Arabic: الشهيد الخامس, romanized: al-Shahīd al-Khāmis, lit. 'the fifth martyr'), was an Iraqi Islamic scholar, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party.

The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( BED-oo-in; Arabic: بَدْو, romanized: badw, singular بَدَوِي badawī) are pastorally semi-nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq/Kuwait).

They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syria.

Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis ( ; Êzidî), are a Kurdish-speaking endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in West Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran, with small numbers living in Armenia and Georgia.

The transference in meaning of the term from the learning session to the institution itself appears to have occurred by the time of the Talmudic Academies in Babylonia, Sura and Pumbedita

The technique of lustreware on pottery was first developed in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) in the early 9th century.

During the war, 80% of the Iraqi army was engaged in combat with the Kurds.

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Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries, especially Iraq and Lebanon)

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the Ba'athist regime in Iraq, which was deposed in an invasion in 2003

is an independent national news agency in Iraq, established in 2004

He lived during the time of the Mongol Ilkhanate rule over Iraq and Iran, and significantly influenced the Ilkhan ruler Öljaitü.

The University of Baghdad (UOB) (Arabic: جامعة بغداد), is a public research university in Baghdad, Iraq.

It is also present in Turkey, Transcaucasia, the Caucasus, Israel, Iran and Iraq.

is found in Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.

The goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) or black-tailed gazelle is a gazelle native to Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, parts of Iraq and Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and in northwestern China and Mongolia.

It is found in Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Western Sahara, and Yemen.

It is distributed mainly in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley in Iraq and western Iran.

IUCN lists the following countries: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India (Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.), Indonesia, Iran Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

Asia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Socotra island of Yemen.

It is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Western China.

During the late Pleistocene mouflon ranged from central Turkey to northern Syria northern Iraq, up to Armenia, Azerbaijan and western Iran, roughly corresponding to the Fertile Crescent.

Country distribution Afghanistan · Algeria · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Burkina Faso · Cape Verde · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Egypt · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Georgia · Ghana · India · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Jordan · Kenya · Lebanon · Mauritania · Morocco · Myanmar · Nepal · Niger · Nigeria · Oman · Pakistan · Palestine · Saudi Arabia · Senegal · Somalia · Sudan · Syria · Tanzania · Togo · Turkey · Turkmenistan · Uganda · United Arab Emirates · Yemen · Libya? · Qatar? · Tunisia?

"locality": "Iraq", "source": "Catalogue of Life"

Iran · Iraq · Jordan