1. Thabit Abdulaziz AbdulNour was an Iraqi politician, a government administrator, and a diplomat.
20 Facts About Thabit AbdulNour
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Thabit AbdulNour was elected twice to the Council of Representatives of Iraq to represent the Christians of Mosul during the monarchy's rule.
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Thabit AbdulNour served as the first director of oil in the Iraqi government, and as a diplomat in London, Great Britain, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Sanaa, Yemen.
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Thabit AbdulNour was born in 1890 in Mosul, the son of Abdulaziz AbdulNour and Ameena Kassab.
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Thabit AbdulNour studied in the Dominican missionary school and the Royal High School in Mosul.
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In 1915, when the Ottoman authorities discovered his activities, they captured him and his cousin, Bashir Thabit AbdulNour and put them on trial.
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At the trial Thabit AbdulNour was found guilty and was ordered to prison but his cousin was released.
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Thabit AbdulNour later joined the Arab Revolt, led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali in Al-Hijaz.
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Later, Thabit AbdulNour joined King Faisal, King of Syria in Damascus and participated in the Iraqi Congress that was held in Damascus and called for Prince Abdulla bin Al-Hussein to be installed as King of Iraq.
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When Faisal was removed by the French Army, Thabit AbdulNour left Syria and went to Paris for some time.
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In 1923, Thabit AbdulNour was a partner in a big agricutlture project to caltivate cotton on a large scale in Iraq in two areas but appearantly the project failed due to the technical difficulties of introducing new crops on such a large scale and due to the hugh amount of irrigation water required which was not available at that time.
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Thabit AbdulNour twice won elections for a parliamentary seat to become a member of Council of Representatives of Iraq representing Christians of Mosul, first in the parliamentary elections of 1925 and second time in the elections of 1930.
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Thabit AbdulNour was a member of finance and defense committees, and he contributed to many debates in the Iraqi parliament regarding the establishment of laws needed in the newly established Iraqi Kingdom.
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In 1931, Thabit AbdulNour resigned his parliamentary seat and was appointed as the first Director of Oil Affairs in the Ministry of Economics and Communications until 1933.
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Thabit AbdulNour held the same position again in 1935 until 1936.
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In 1933 Thabit AbdulNour became a counselor in the Iraqi legation in London.
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Thabit AbdulNour was appointed in 1934 as Iraqi Oil representative in London.
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Thabit AbdulNour was appointed Charge d'affaires in Jeddah in 1938.
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When World War II began in 1939, Thabit AbdulNour was on a visit to Germany and refused to return to Iraq, so his government service was terminated.
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Thabit AbdulNour returned to Iraq in 1953 and he died in 1957.