Geli Ali Beg Waterfall (Kurdish: Geliyê Elî Beg ,گەلیی عەلی بەگ)[1][2] is located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, which lies some 130 km north of Erbil.

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Geli Ali Beg Waterfall 2023
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Panorama of Geli Ali Beg Waterfall
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Another view

The waterfall is named after the Yazidi prince, Mîr Elî Beg who was executed by Prince Muhammad of Rawanduz at this valley at the end of 1833 for refusing to convert to Islam.[3][4]

It featured on the 5-dinar note issued 19781990.

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