Burhan Beg Abdul Hameed Beg Jaff
Burhan Beg
was a young man of immense intelligence and knowledge that could be seen
on his face; he combined the intelligent skills and high up- bringing that
attracted admiration of others. His cultural standard pushed him to the
level of rational young men in the service of their people.
He is the
elder son of Mr. Abdul Hameed Beg Jaff; born in Sulaimania in 1920 where
he attended the elementary school, then moved to Baghdad to continue his
schooling. He chose to return to Sulaimania and completed the secondary
education from Kirkuk School.
He
joined the College of Law in Baghdad, graduated in 1944 and started
practicing law. He could have joined the government service at that time,
but his ambitions to work freely and manage his father’s estates and land,
made take this path making use of his early experiences in the trade of
his father; he became a prominent business person in Iraq, and also being
a highly respected person in all walks of life.
Due to his
high capabilities and diligence in his field of work together with deep
knowledge, he was chosen a member of the legal delegation of the medical
conference in Cairo in 1944.
During the
Monarchy period in the nineteen fifties he was appointed the Qaem’maqam of
Sheqlawa, then after the Director General of the Iraqi Mills Establishment
in Baghdad.
He was
martyred in 1985 in his house by the bombing of Baghdad during the Iraq-
Iran war, and was buried in shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qader El Gelani in
Baghdad.
Burhan
beg familly - 1955
