Re: The name Saddam

["Yusuf B Gursey" <ybg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
> 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

yes.

> 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.

that's what I was talking about.