Complex sentence: Barzani was born in 1903 in Barzan, a village in northern Iraqi Kurdistan, (then part of the Ottoman Empire), he was first imprisoned in Mosul, with his mother, when he was only three years old.
Split into simpler sentences: Barzani was born in 1903 in Barzan, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan. He was first imprisoned in Mosul, with his mother, when he was only three years old.