Re: The name Saddam

["Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim"]

Yusuf B Gursey wrote:

> phoglund@xxxxxx wrote:
> > Richard Fangnail wrote:
> > > Why did people usually say "Saddam" instead of "Hussein"- was it just
> > > so people wouldn't confuse him with King Hussein - and yet it seems
> > > funny.
> >
>
> if Saddam wanted to be known as Husayn he would have been known so. but
> Husayn is a very commmon name among both Shia and Sunni. Sadda:m is
> rare and distinctive. his original surname was al-takri:ti: which he
> dropped because it was clanish.
>

Al-takriti: pronounceed in Iraqi dialect at-tikriti: is not clanish but
belongs to the district of Takri:t  (again a lot of people use this
system) and many people call themselves at-tikri:ti. True Saddam is
more disttinctive but I believe this is not the reason. His family name
btw is Al-maji:d like his notorious cousin Ali Ki:mya:wi:. Saddam
himself issued a law forbidding using district names as family names.