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 Guide to '''Iraq ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
 ==Information==
-Iraq is a country in the Middle East bordered by [[Türkiye Genealogy|Türkiye]], [[Iran Genealogy|Iran]], [[Kuwait Genealogy|Kuwait]], [[Saudi Arabia Genealogy|Saudi Arabia]], [[Jordan Genealogy|Jordan]], and [[Syria Genealogy|Syria]]. It was under [[Ottoman Empire Genealogy|Ottoman Empire]] rule from 1534-1705 and then from 1831-1920. At the end of World War I, Iraq was under [[England Genealogy|British]] control and was made into a monarchy. There were a series of power changes thereafter, including the Ramadan Revolution in February 1963, the November 1963 Iraqi Coup d'état, and a Baathist coup in 1968. Saddam Hussein gained power in 1979. He led the country through many wars; the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988, the First US-Iraq War (or the Gulf War). His rule ended in the US-Iraq War in 2003. The official languages are Arabic and Kurdish.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Iraq," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq, accessed 28 April 2016.</ref>
+Iraq is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west.
+Historically, Iraq was known as Mesopotamia and was governed by various civilizations such as the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Iraq was also part of the Ottoman Empire until the end of World War I, after which it came under the British mandate until gaining independence in 1932.
-Most recently, the fight against the Islamic State from 2011 to 2019 and on, has led to even greater destruction. Due to the arson, theft and devastation, it is most unfortunate that many Ottoman, census, and other genealogically valuable documents have been destroyed.<ref>Geoffrey Roper in ''https://muslimheritage.com/fate-of-manuscripts-iraq-elsewhere/'', accessed 20 October, 2021.</ref>
+The main spoken languages in Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish, with Arabic being the most widely spoken, followed by Kurdish, and minority languages such as Turkmen, Neo-Aramaic, and Armenian.
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