East and West of Zagros

by Edmonds, C. J.; Richard, Yann

• ISBN13: 9789004173446
• ISBN10: 9004173447
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-15
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

C.J. Edmonds published articles in orientalist journals and co-authored with Taufiq Wahby A Kurdish-English dictionary (Oxford, 1966). He published his memoirs of Iraq, Kurds, Turks, and Arabs : politics, travel and research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925 (London - New York, 1957), but his Persian memoirs remained unpublished. It tells how, after studying oriental languages in Cambridge, he became Consular Officer in Bushire, participated in British campaigns in Mesopotamia during First World War. As a Political Officer in Luristan Edmonds was in charge of the oil fields' security and was sent to Northern Persia after the war, a direct witness of the Jangal upheaval and the 1921 coup d'Etat.

Author Biography

Major C.J. Edmonds (1889-1979) studied Arabic, Turkish and Persian in Cambridge and entered the British consular service. After important posts in Persia and Iraq, he became lecturer for Kurkish at SOAS (London) 1951-57. Yann Richard (Docteur s-Lettres, 1992) studied Persian in 1970 in Tehran, then in Tbingen (Germany) and Paris. He was firstly interested in philosophy and literature. After the revolution, he published on modern Shi'ism and history of modern Iran. He is professor for Iranian studies, Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xix
The Persian Gulf
Introduction	p. 3
Cambridge to Constantinople	p. 11
Constantinople to Bushire	p. 21
Life at Bushire	p. 33
First Caravan Journey	p. 49
Prelude to the Zimmermann Telegram	p. 61
Lower Mesopotamia
Basra	p. 81
The Tigris Front	p. 89
Amara	p. 101
The Great Swamp	p. 115
The Euphrates Line	p. 131
South-West Persia
The Karun Front	p. 143
Shushtar	p. 157
Dizful	p. 171
Luristan	p. 185
Among the Dirakvand	p. 195
Dizful to Burujird	p. 205
The Russian Front	p. 213
Through Pish-i Kuh	p. 223
North-West Persia
Norperforce	p. 235
Gilan and Khamsa	p. 251
Transcaucasian Interlude	p. 265
Qazvin and Tabriz	p. 277
The Bolshevik Invasion	p. 295
Coup d'Etat in Tehran	p. 309
Appendices	p. 321
Supplementary pages	p. 323
Ch. VIII: Mesopotamia, 1916	p. 323
The Song of Qadam Khayr (see ch. XVI)	p. 326
Dunsterville Mission (from ch. XX, Nonperforce)	p. 327
Glossary	p. 331
Bibliography-Author's Bibliography	p. 335
Biographical Notes	p. 339
Additional Bibliography	p. 369
Index	p. 371
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