Sabah Mirza Mahmud (Arabic: صباح ميرزا محمود, 1943–2005) was an Iraqi military colonel and the first personal companion of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.[1][2][3]

Early life

Sabah was one of Saddam's old friends,[4] and began his violent partisan duties since the age of 16.[5] In his youth, he was known in his neighborhood (Adhamiyah) as a boxer. When he was a student, he joined General Union Students in the Republic of Iraq,[6] Sabah graduated from Languages Institute, though he stayed unemployed for some time until Saddam recruited him as his bodyguard.[7]

Career

Service under Saddam Hussein

His Code Name was Lieutenant Yusif. In preparation for the coup of 17 July Revolution 1968 Sabah was assigned to lead one of the groups that were deployed to patrol some streets of Baghdad.[8][9] He served Saddam as his bodyguard for over 22 years.[10] He received quick military promotions through the ranks due to his closeness to Saddam Hussein.[11] During the Iran–Iraq War, Sabah attended night shifts at the headquarters of Central Command, where Saddam used to attend one hour a day to be briefed on the military operations.

U.S invasion

Sabah was captured in 2003 by American occupying forces to be questioned about Saddam's hiding place, and he was soon released as there was no evidence of his knowledge thereof, but a weapons cache was seized from his farm.[12][13]

Sport

He was elected as vice chairman of National Olympic Committee of Iraq,[14] he was also appointed as Chairman of the Iraqi Football Association to assert the new regime authority over the nation’s favorite's sport, at the time when Iraqi Team became one of the most successful national teams in Asia,[15][16] he also was appointed as the president of Al-Shabab sport club.[17] [18] ٍ

Farming

Sabah had a 10-Dunam farm in Jurf Al Naddaf area southeast of Baghdad, which he claimed that it was an unproductive vacant land, and he restored it and thereafter owned it officially. [19][20][21]

References

  1. ↑ "Saddam Hussein's armourers". www.eurozine.com. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  2. ↑ الخزرجي, نزار عبد الكريم فيصل; السياسات, المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة (2014-01-01). الحرب العراقية- الإيرانية 1980-1988: مذكرات مقاتل (in Arabic). المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات. ISBN 978-9953-0-2904-7.
  3. ↑ Malovany, P.; Amidror, Y.; Lipkin-Shahak, A.; Woods, K.M. (2017). Wars of Modern Babylon: A History of the Iraqi Army from 1921 to 2003. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813169446. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  4. ↑ "A Remedy That Harms More Than It Heals". Los Angeles Times. 2002-10-06. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  5. ↑ Soheil, Adel (2018-10-16). The Iraqi Ba'th Regime's Atrocities Against the Faylee Kurds: Nation-State Formation Distorted. BoD - Books on Demand. ISBN 978-91-7785-510-1.
  6. ↑ حميد, سعيد، (1992). "صفحات من أوراق العدوان الثلاثيني: ذاكرة لا".
  7. ↑ الدوري, سيف الدين (January 2014). اللغز في إعدام ناظم كزار و عبد الخالق السامرائي و أربعة آخرين من أعضاء مجلس قيادة الثورة 1979 - 1973 م. ISBN 9796500163697.
  8. ↑ al-Qahhār, Khālidah ʻAbd (1988). Secrets of the Iraqi Regime. Foundation of Islamic Thought.
  9. ↑ ___ __ ___ _____ (in Arabic). Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-244-07296-4.
  10. ↑ Zangana, Haifa (2011-01-04). City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 978-1-60980-071-0.
  11. ↑ Daily Report: Near East & South Asia. The Service. 1995-08-16.
  12. ↑ "U.S. Soldier Killed in Accident; Reward Offered for Attackers". Associated Press. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  13. ↑ Segell, Glen (2004). Disarming Iraq. Glen Segell Publishers. ISBN 978-1-901414-26-4.
  14. ↑ ""the IOC February 12" - Google Search". www.google.com.sa.
  15. ↑ "When Saturday Comes - International football". www.wsc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  16. ↑ "%22Sabah Mirza Chairman of the Iraqi Olympic%22 - Google Search". www.google.com.sa. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  17. ↑ Freeman, Simon (2006). Baghdad Football Club. La tragedia del calcio nell'Iraq di Saddam (in Italian). Isbn Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-7638-021-1.
  18. ↑ "المشاهد السياسي". May 2003.
  19. ↑ "تفاصيل سرقة مزرعة المرافق الاقدم لصدام؟!". وكالة سومر الاخبارية.
  20. ↑ "تفاصيل استيلاء واستحواذ طارق الحسن على مزرعة المرحوم صباح ميرزا محمود". www.alrasheednet.net.
  21. ↑ العبيدي, سمير أيوب (3 September 2013). سيرة مقاتل في الجيش العراقي: سمير أيوب العبيدي. ISBN 9789957568290.
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