Iraq and Rupert Hay's Two Years in Kurdistan

by Rich, Paul J.

• ISBN13: 9780739125649
• ISBN10: 0739125648
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-29
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Detailing two years in the life of a British political officer charged with establishing and maintaining British rule in the Kurdish district of Arbil in Iraq, this personal account provides a thorough discussion of Kurdish society from the viewpoint of Captain William Rupert Hay. Chronicling the British government's desperate attempts to establish a civil administration in Iraq just after World War I, Two Years in Kurdistan shows how, as member of the Indian Political Service, Captain Hay attempted to bring British rule to his corner of Iraq.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Lexington Books Edition	p. ix
Introduction to Two Years in Kurdistan	p. xv
Two Years in Kurdistan	p. 1
Preface	p. 5
Introductory	p. 9
Geographical: Fauna and Flora	p. 17
The Kurds	p. 31
The Tribe	p. 51
The Population of the Towns, and Other Races	p. 61
Agriculture and Trade	p. 71
Altun Keupri, and First Visit to Arbil	p. 81
Koi and Rania	p. 91
Visit to the Khushnao, and Other Tours	p. 105
Arbil Again	p. 115
Formation of the Arbil Division	p. 129
Rawanduz and the Gorge	p. 137
Yusuf Beg	p. 145
Three Quiet Months	p. 159
Visits to Rawanduz and the Persian Frontier	p. 167
Nuri: The Death of Two Great Men	p. 187
The Beginning of the Trouble	p. 197
The Storm Bursts	p. 217
Khurshid Agha Keeps His Word	p. 227
Reconstruction	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 251
Administrative System of the Turkish Empire	p. 257
Summary of the Events in Mesopotamia from the Armistice to the End of 1920	p. 259
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