Name: Muhammed Agha
Father Name: Haji Agha
Grandfather: Shamdin Agha
Year Of Birth : 1874
Year Of Death: 1924
Place Of Birth:Zakho
Life
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Muhammad Agha son of Haji Agha Al-Sulaifani (1874-1924) was one of the prominent figures of the Kurds and Iraq, and one of the prominent Kurdish personalities that appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century, where he was elected as a deputy for the Mosul Brigade in the first session of the Iraqi Parliament. Muhammad Agha had a high culture and was fluent in the Turkish, Arabic and English languages ​​in addition to his mother tongue Kurdish.. Among his good deeds was the establishment of the Zakho municipality and the construction of the suspension bridge on the Khabour River. The bridge was named after him (Muhammad Agha Bridge) and many other good deeds.He was known about the personality of Muhammad Agha with extreme firmness and strength, as he used to set an example with it when it was said (Muhammad Agha twists iron with his hand), and by that he means the intensity of his strength and the uprightness of his character..
One of the most important events that Muhammad Shamdin Agha lived through, and he had a prominent role in it, was the Ottoman Empire’s launch in the years (1915-1916) of a genocide war against the Armenians, where horrific massacres took place, condemning humanity for its atrocity, which led to the flight of many innocent Armenians And a large part of them took refuge in the city of Zakho..And here the role of Muhammad Shamdin Agha emerged as the leader of the region, as he and all his loyalists sheltered all these refugee families from the oppression of the Ottomans and provided all humanitarian assistance to them in terms of food, drink, etc. And the most important of all is safety..
Where he himself supervised their situation and consoled them in their ordeal.. When this news reached the Vatican, and what the Armenian brothers were subjected to in terms of genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, and the courageous and humane stance of Muhammad Shamdin Agha in protecting the Christians, and what he and the people of the city of Zakho offered them in terms of protection and assistance, Pope Pius XI ordered By granting Muhammad Shamdin Agha the Papal Medal of the degree of Knight on the twenty-fourth of October 1924, and his name was included in their records, and he was given the privilege of wearing the dress of these knights and wearing their insignia, as an appreciation and appreciation from Pope Pius for his efforts in protecting Christians, However, the will of fate prevented Muhammad Agha from receiving the papal medal, as he died after the crash of the plane on which he was traveling to attend the session of the House of Representatives at the time.
The Source:translated from Kurish To English By Vazhan Kshto . [1]