A century
in the making.
H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons began in 1910 as a trading house in Ottoman Baghdad — bartering, then exporting grain, dates and wool. Scroll to follow the century.
قرنٌ من البناءFounded in 1910.
Carried by his sons.
Founded by Haj Mahmood J. Al Bunnia in 1910; from the 1950s carried by his three sons — Abdul Wahab, Sa'doun and Abdul Latif. Hover a figure to light him up; click to open his page.
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One mark,
always turning.
Five values — Flexibility, Focus, Philanthropy, Excellence, Honor — and one mission: to lead in every sector while serving the community HMBS works and lives in. Click the mark to learn more.
From bartered grain,
thriving sectors.
What started with bartering grain grew into a house of franchises and companies. As you scroll, the mark itself expands — the same house, carried a century forward. The names it carries today:
The dome
above Baghdad.
The Hajj Mahmoud al-Bunnia Mosque, al-Karkh — drawn here grain by grain from its own photograph. Purely Iraqi: its architect, its calligrapher, its stone, its tile. Built by the founder's charity and established in 1973.
Enter the mosque archive ⟶One family.
One century.
One standard.
Founded in Baghdad in 1910, and still family-owned. More than 6,500 people, working across food, industry, construction, distribution and energy. A century of work in Iraq — and a mosque, hospitals, schools and scholarships given back to it.
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