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Jamil Abbas
Jamil Abbas ( ar, جميل عباس; 1 January 1927 – 7 July 2005) was one of the longest serving national captains of Iraq. He was part of the Iraqi national team for over 15 years. The defender was captain of Iraq, as well as the Olympic and Army teams from 1954 to 1966; a record. Abbas was known to millions of Iraqis by the nickname Jamoli. Born in 1927 in Baghdad, the left full back turned centre half played for Nadi Al-Olympia Al-Maliki (Royal Olympic Club) in Adhammiya from 1945. He went onto join one of Iraq's top sides of the 40s and 50s, Haris Al-Maliki (Royal Guards). Abbas continued to play for the team until 1957, when he joined the newly formed Farqa Al-Thalatha (Third Armoured Division). In 1951, at age 23, Abbas was lining up in Iraq's first national team alongside the best players in Iraq against the Turkey B team in Izmir and an Ankara XI, and four years later, he was starring for the Iraqi Army team against Egypt after Iraq was affiliated into CISM. Abba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. In 762 CE, Baghdad was chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, and became its most notable major development project. Within a short time, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center of the Muslim world. This, in addition to housing several key academic institutions, including the House of Wisdom, as well as a multiethnic and multi-religious environment, garnered it a worldwide reputation as the "Center of Learning". Baghdad was the largest city in the world for much of the Abbasid era during the Islamic Golden Age, peaking at a population of more than a million. The city was largely destroyed at the hands of the Mongol Empire in 1258, resulting in a decline that would linger through man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toma Abdul-Ahad
Toma or TOMA may refer to: Places *Toma, Burkina Faso, a town in Nayala province *Toma Department, a department in Nayala province *Toma, Banwa, Burkina Faso, a town * Tōma, Hokkaidō, Japan, a town ** Tōma Station, its railway station *Toma, a town in East New Britain, Papua New Guinea People *Toma (name), list of people with this name *Loma people or Toma, an ethnic group from border region between Guinea and Liberia **Loma language Music and television * ''Toma'' (TV series), an American series * "Toma" (song), by rapper Pitbull *"Toma" (song), by artist Puscifer Other uses *La Toma, a 1598 assertion of Spanish possession of land north of Rio Grande *Siege of Toma, a military action in 1914 in German New Guinea *Texas Open Meetings Act * Theatre Orchestra Musicians Association (TOMA), part of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, Australia *Tōma, Kendo term for "long distance" *Toma cheese, Italian cheese *Top of mind awareness, a marketing term *TOMA (vehicle), armo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutfi Abdul-Kadir
Lutfi (also spelled Lotfi, Lutvi or Luthfi, ar, لطفي), meaning "kind" or "gracious", may refer to: Given name Lotfi * Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), Azerbaijani electrical engineer * Lotfi Akalay (born 1943), Moroccan writer * Lotfi Nezzar, Algerian businessman Lutfi, Lütfi * Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872–1963), Egyptian intellectual * Ali Lutfi Mahmud (1935–2018), Egyptian politician * Lutfi (court official), Ottoman court official * Lutfi Haziri (born 1969), Kosovar politician * Lutfi Lepaja (born 1945), Albanian writer * Lütfi Pasha (died 1564), Ottoman statesman * Lütfi Akadlı (1902–1988), Turkish judge * Lütfi Arıboğan (born 1961), Turkish basketball player * Lütfi Elvan (born 1962), Turkish mining engineer, politician and government minister * Lutfi Kabirova, Tajikistani opera singer * Metin Lütfi Baydar (born 1960), Turkish medical scientist * Mohammed Lutfi Farhat (born 1945), Libyan politician * Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti, Egyptian writer * Ömer Lüt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamed Jabur
Hamid refers to two different but related Arabic given names, both of which come from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D (ِِح-م-د): # (Arabic: حَامِد ''ḥāmid'') also spelled Haamed, Hamid or Hamed, and in Turkish Hamit; it means "lauder" or "one who praises". # (Arabic: حَمِيد ''ḥamīd'') also spelled Hamid, or Hameed, in Turkish is Hamit, and in Azeri is Həmid or Һәмид; it means "lauded" or "praiseworthy". Given name Hamid * Hamid Ahmadi (historian) (b. 1945), Iranian historian * Hamid Ahmadi (futsal) (b. 1988), Iranian futsal player * Hamid Ahmadieh, Iranian ophthalmologist and medical scientist *Hamid Al Shaeri, Egyptian-Libyan singer, songwriter, and musician *Hamid Arasly, Azeri and Soviet scientist *Hamid Arzulu, Azerbaijani poet and writer *Hamid Berhili (born 1964), Moroccan boxer * Hamid Mahmood Butt, Pakistani ophthalmologist *Hamid Chitchian (born c. 1957), Iranian politician *Hamid Drake, American musician *Hamid Etemad, Iranian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aram Karam
Aram Karam (; born 1926) was one of the first great Iraqi footballers, who earned a reputation for scoring goals from apparently impossible long-range situations. He was an ethnic Assyrian and Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ .... He was a son of a Levy soldier from Habbaniya. Aram was a striker capable of having the ball in the back of the net within a blink of an eye. After playing for various teams on RAF Hinaidi in Baghdad from 1936 in his youth, he joined Arsenal Sports Club Habbaniya in 1943 and later played for the C.C. Team and founded RAF Levy Civilian of Habbaniya. In 1951, Aram was one of 16 players to be selected to play for Iraq’s first ever national team. He missed Iraq’s first international game against Turkey in Izmir on 6 May, which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khazal Rahim
Chazal or Ḥazal ( he, חז״ל), an acronym for the Hebrew "Ḥakhameinu Zikhronam Liv'rakha" (, "Our Sages, may their memory be blessed"), refers to all Jewish sages of the Mishna, Tosefta and Talmud eras, spanning from the times of the final 300 years of the Second Temple of Jerusalem until the 7th century CE, or 250 BCE – 625 CE. Rabbinical eras; eras of the Halakha Chazal are generally divided according to their era and the main writing done in that era: * ''Soferim'' ("scribes"): Sages from before the era of Ezra the scribe until the ''Zugot'' era, including the men of the Great Assembly. This era stretches from the ''Matan Torah'' ("giving of the Law"; Moses receiving the Torah on Biblical Mount Sinai), to the ''Halakha'' ("traditions") era, including the times of Simeon the Just. * ''Zugot'' ("pairs"): Five pairs (''zugot'') of sages from consecutive generations, who lived during a period of around 100 years towards the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazi Abdullah
Ghazi or Gazi ( ar, غازى), a title given to Muslim warriors or champions and used by several Ottoman Sultans, may refer to: *Ghazi (warrior), an Islamic term for the Muslim soldier who crusades for their religion, land or territory People Given name *Ghazi of Iraq (1912–1939), King of the Kingdom of Iraq *Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad (born 1966), Jordanian prince and academic *Ghazi Aridi (born 1954), Lebanese politician *Gazi Evrenos (fl. 1345–1417), Ottoman military commander *Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (1940–2010), Saudi Arabian politician, technocrat and novelist *Ghazi Honeini (born 1995), Lebanese footballer *Gazi Husrev-beg (1480–1541), Bosnian bey *Ghazi Khan, Baloch mercenary in Multan *Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud (1014-1034), Ghaznavid army general *Ghazi Muhammad (1793–1832), first imam of Dagestan, autonomous state of the Russian Federation * Ghazi Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958), former President of Iraq Surname *Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506-1543), Imam an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Lynsdale
Percy Cyril Lynsdale ( ar, بيرسي لينزديل; born 1 July 1928) is an Iraqi former footballer who played as a forward. Born in Iraq to an Iraqi mother and a British father, Lynsdale was one of the first players to play for the Iraq national team. He played for Sharikat Naft Al-Basra and Al-Minaa at club level, before moving to England in 1951. Early life Lynsdale's roots lie in South London, then Surrey; one of his ancestors settled in India after joining the British Army in 1797. One hundred years later, Lynsdale's father Cyril was born; he moved to Baghdad, Iraq shortly after World War I, and married an Iraqi woman, gaining Iraqi citizenship. Born in Baghdad, Lynsdale lived for a period in Mosul due to his father's job in the Iraqi Railway company. In the early 1940s, Lynsdale studied at the Jesuit Baghdad College, and played football in the schoolyard. He eventually became part of the college's first football team, captaining them in his first senior year. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Allawi Homaidi
Karim Allawi Homaidi ( ar, كريم علاوي حميدي), (born July 1, 1928) is an Iraqi former international football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team, he also played for Al-Minaa. International career In April 1951, Allawi started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football. On 6 May 1951, Allawi played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. Karim Allawi played in the inside left position and wore the No.10 jersey against the Turks. Honours Club * Hanna Al-Sheikh Cup ** Winner 1951 with Al-Minaa Al-Minaa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الميناء الرياضي, lit=Port Sports Club) is an Iraqi multi-sport club based in Al-Maqal, Basra that participates in the Iraq Division One, the second tier of Iraqi football. It is one of the mo ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassir Chico
Nassir "Chico" Yousef (1917 – September 26, 1991) was an Iraqi footballer, who played for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya and the Iraq, playing for the first Iraqi team in 1951 during the 1950s. Yousef was born in Baghdad in 1917 in the local Al-Ammar district in the Al-Abkhana area, near Al-Senak area in the Iraqi capital. He was proficient in scoring goals from various angles and situations. Yousef studied at Tahra Primary School and has been practicing football from an early age. He was given the name Chico because of his size by a group of British soldiers during the start of his career during the late 1930s. Yousef joined the Baghdad school team Maaraf Baghdad representing the Ministry of Education before he joined Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya in 1936, and continued to play for the team until he retired and turned to coaching. He stayed with the club until his retirement in 1959. In 1938, the Ministry of Education established an unofficial Iraqi national team and Yousef, was selected to represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaker Ismail
Shaker Ismail ( ar, شاكر إسماعيل, born 1927) is an Iraqi former international football player, who was one of the first players to play in first Iraq national football team. He also played for Al-Minaa. International career Ismail played against Iraq in April 1951 in a friendly match between Iraq national football team, and Basra Select XI. The Basra XI was composed of 10 players from Al-Minaa and Ismail from Sharikat Naft Al-Basra. Two of Basra’s players, Ismail and Karim Allawi, caught the eye of the coach Dhia Habib and were added to the squad, bound for Turkey. In April 1951, Ismail started playing for the first Iraq national football team, He was called by coach Dhia Habib to play in the first international friendly in the history of Iraqi football. On 6 May 1951, Ismail played his first international against Turkey B in Turkey, which ended 7–0 for Turkey B. Honours Club *Iraq FA Cup The Iraq FA Cup, known as the Iraq Cup ( ar, كأس العراق) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salih Faraj
Salih Faraj was an Iraqi basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... Salih played six matches at the 1948 Olympic Games in London and managed six points. References External links * Year of birth missing Possibly living people Iraqi men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Iraq Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{Iraq-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
