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- ↑ The Chaldean Catholic Church: Modern History, Ecclesiology and Church-State by Kristian Girling
- ↑ Christianity in Iraq: Its Origins and Development to the Present Day to Suha Rassam (2005) P 155
- ↑ الدكتور حنا بهنام خياط أول وزير صحة عراقي من مسيحيو العراق Algaqrdenia magazine article by badri noel yosef
- ↑ الكلية الطبية الملكية العراقية: من خلال سيرة ذاتية, المجلد 1 from Salem Damluji