1909 – 1994
He was an archaeologist. He was born in Mosul, and he completed his primary and sooondary schools there. He graduated from the Higher Teachers College in 1931, He was appointed a teacher of history until 1938, and then he was transferred from education to archeology. He participated in the first conference on archeology in Damascus, and in Ibn Sina conference in Baghdad. He discovered various archaeological sites and ancient buildings all over Iraq, and he recorded his observations and studies about each place in special files at the Directorate of Antiquities. He received various medals from the Ministry of knowledge and the Arab League in recognition of his efforts in the field of
