Photograph taken within the Guru Nanak's shrine in Baghdad (Baba Nanak Shrine), circa early to mid 20th century
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Sikhism in Iraq (Arabic: السيخية في العراق, romanized: alsiykhiat fi aleiraq) does not have a permanent population, but has a historical presence because of travels by Guru Nanak and Sikh soldiers stationed in Iraq during World War I and World War II.[1]
It is likely that some Sikhs may be still be in Iraq but their numbers may be very small.[citation needed]
^"AFP: Sikh shrine in Baghdad lives on in memories". Google Search. Archived from the original on 5 December 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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to die during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was born in a Punjabi Sikh Saini family. His death inIraq was widely reported in Indian and American media...
known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on...
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