1. Abdulahad Abdulaziz AbdulNour was an Iraqi physician, politician, and humanitarian.
24 Facts About Abdulahad AbdulNour
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Abdulahad AbdulNour served as a medical doctor in Mosul before World War I, during the war with the Ottoman Army, and he founded the Royal Hospital of Erbil.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour served in Mosul and various Iraqi cities in public and private medical positions after the war, until he died in 1948.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was elected twice to the Council of Representatives of Iraq to represent the Christians of Mosul during the monarchy rule.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was born in Mosul in 1888 to a prominent Christian Syriac Orthodox family that has lived in Mosul for many generations.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was the third son of eight children born to Abdulaziz AbdulNour and Ameena Kassab.
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On his return to Mosul, Abdulahad AbdulNour, started working at a newly established government hospital in 1912, then worked at the English mission hospital which the British Church Mission Society had recently opened in Mosul.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was posted to control disease outbreaks in the district of Koysinjaq and town of Ranya.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was shortly released from military service due to the demands of the people in Erbil for his services.
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In 1915, Abdulahad AbdulNour rejoined the Ottoman military campaign to fight the Russian army, which had occupied parts of Iran.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was moved to the city of Kirkuk and finally to the city of Erbil.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour founded what became known as the Royal Hospital of Erbil after the establishment of the monarchy in Iraq and the installation of King Faisal I in 1921.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour traveled to London, enrolled in many courses, and trained in various hospitals.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour participated in medical conferences, observed advances in medical science, and gained useful experience.
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In 1922, Abdulahad AbdulNour won election to become a member in the Governing Council of Mosul.
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In retirement, Abdulahad AbdulNour focused on his private medical practice and his medical service to the community of Mosul.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour twice won elections for a parliamentary seat as a member of Council of Representatives of Iraq, to represent Mosul, first in the parliamentary elections of 1937, and second in the elections of 1947.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was a member of finance and defense committees, and he contributed to debates in the Iraqi parliament regarding the establishment of laws needed in the newly established Iraqi Kingdom.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour was nominated to be a member in the Constitutional Convention in Iraq in 1925 but he didn't win the vote to be a member.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour, was one of the few secular members chosen to represent different churches in the pivotal post WWI Syriac Orthodox Church Synod.
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In 1945, Abdulahad AbdulNour was instrumental in the successful registration at Mosul's land registry office of cadastral rights to the endowments, properties, and large tracts of land of the villages belonging to the Mor Mattai Monastery.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour volunteered his work and time and donated money to help the refugees that came to Mosul from Turkey after the Armenian genocide and Sayfo between 2014 and 2018.
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In 1937, Abdulahad AbdulNour volunteered with other doctors in Mosul to treat children for free in a newly established children clinic founded by a committee of prominent women in Mosul.
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Abdulahad AbdulNour gave lectures about children's health care and was a founding member of Iraqi Red Crescent branch in Mosul in 1937.