Abdullah Al Damluji

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Abdullah Al Damluji
Foreign Minister of Najd and Hejaz
In office
1926–1928
Preceded byOffice established
Foreign Minister of Iraq
In office
1930–1931
Preceded byOffice established
Foreign Minister of Iraq
In office
1934–1934
Personal details
Born1890
Mosul
Died1971 (aged 80–81)
Alma materMilitary College of Medicine
Haidar Pasha Medical College

Abdullah Al Damluji (1890–1971), also known as Abdullah Beg Al Damluji, was an Iraqi physician who served as one of Ibn Saud's advisers. He held several government positions, including the minister of foreign affairs of Najd and Hejaz and of Iraq.

Early life and education[]

Damluji was born in Mosul, Iraq, in 1890.[1] He was a graduate of the Military College of Medicine and Haidar Pasha Medical College, both in Constantinople.[1] He had a good command of French.[2]

Career[]

Damluji was one of the physicians who served in the Ottoman army during the Balkan War in the period 1912–1913.[1] In 1914 he had to leave Constantinople because of his nationalist affairs[1] and joined the entourage of Ibn Saud as a physician in 1915.[3] Then he was made a member of the royal court accompanying the foreign visitors[3] and replaced Ahmed Al Thunayan as Ibn Saud's chief foreign affairs advisor.[4]

In 1924 he was sent to Mecca following the capture of the city together with Hafiz Wahba and Abdullah Suleiman to monitor the social, cultural, political and economic conditions.[5] In 1926 he became Ibn Saud's personal representative in Hejaz.[3] In 1926 Damluji was appointed the deputy minister of foreign affairs which he held until 1928 when he was replaced by Fuad Hamza in the post.[2][3] In fact, Damluji was the foreign minister of Najd and Hejaz.[6]

Damluji returned to his native Iraq in September 1928[7] and became the Consul-General of Iraq in Cairo.[1] Next he served as the minister of foreign affairs of Iraq for one year, 1930–1931.[1] He was elected as the deputy for Mosul and was appointed director general of public health in 1932.[1] He was made the chief chamberlain to the King in 1933 and was again appointed minister of foreign affairs in 1934 which he held for one year.[1] From 1934 to 1936 Damluji was director general of public health.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Who's Who of Iraq" (PDF). Imara wa Tijara. p. 568. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Leslie McLoughlin (21 January 1993). Ibn Saud: Founder of A Kingdom. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-349-22578-1.
  3. ^ a b c d Alexei Vassiliev. The History of Saudi Arabia (PDF). Saqi Books. p. 299. ISBN 978-0863569357.
  4. ^ Joseph Kostiner (2 December 1993). The Making of Saudi Arabia, 1916-1936: From Chieftaincy to Monarchical State. Oxford University Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-19-536070-7.
  5. ^ Mansour Alsharidah (July 2020). Merchants without Borders: Qusman Traders in the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean, c. 1850-1950 (PhD thesis). University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. p. 230. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ Daniel Silverfarb (May 1982). "Great Britain, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia: The Revolt of the Ikhwan, 1927-1930". The International History Review. 4 (2): 233. doi:10.1080/07075332.1982.9640276.
  7. ^ Muzaffar Iqbal (Summer 2016). "The Making of a Free Thinker of Islam (Part I) Muhammad Asad: The Pakistan Years". Islamic Sciences. 14 (1).
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