Bakr Sidqi

Bakr Sidqi
Bakr Sidqi
	General Bakr Sadqi in uniform
Born	1890; Askar or Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
Died	11 August 1937 (aged 47); Mosul, Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
Buried	Baghdad
Allegiance	Ottoman Empire; Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq;
Branch	Royal Iraqi Army
Service years	1913–1937
Rank	General
Conflicts	First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; World War I; Arab Revolt; Simele massacre; 1935–36 Iraqi Shia revolts; 1935 Yazidi revolt; Battle of Dayrabun;

Bakr Sidqi al-Askari (Arabic: بكر صدقي العسكري;‎ 1890 – 11 August 1937) was an Iraqi general of 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.