Jwamer Aga

Who is Jwamer Aga?

Jwamer Aga, was the head of the Kurdish tribe of Hamawand during the late nineteenth century Ottoman era, Jwamer was given the governorship of the Zuhab district after the overthrow of its hereditary ruling family the Bajalan. Jwamer which means one who is descented from nobility or is noble.

Jwamer was assassinated in 1888 after he rebelled against the Persians. Jwamer held the Persian forces at Qasr-e Shirin for two months.

George Nathaniel Curzon notes that Jwamer was invited to a meeting with Tehran's emissary, where he was slain. Jwamer is considered an early Kurdish nationalist figure by the citizens of the Kurdistan Region, A village was named in his honour in the northernmost part of the Kifri district in the Diyala Province.