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  • Iraq and Rupert Hay's Two Years in Kurdistan

    de Paul J. Rich ...
    Series series Middle East Classics
    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 ... Leer más

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  • Creating the Arabian Gulf

    The British Raj and the Invasions of the Gulf

    de Paul J. Rich ...
    Series series Middle East Classics
    Even whether to call the Gulf "Arabian" or "Persian" is an unending argument. Regardless of its name, the Gulf is one of the most politically important regions of the world. Despite its constant presence in the headlines, the fact that it was part of the British Indian empire for many years has gone unappreciated. The long period of British control and the connections with India are, in fact, ... Leer más

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  • Iraq and Eleanor Egan's The War in the Cradle of the World

    Edición de Paul J. Rich ...
    Series series Middle East Classics
    Chronicling the British military's invasion of Iraq in 1917, Eleanor Franklin Egan was an intrepid American journalist whose autobiographical account of her time spent amongst British officers describes the relationship between British and American forces in the Middle East during and just after World War I. Egan's account of military life and the actions taken by British officers to secure the ... Leer más

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  • Iraq and Gertrude Bell's The Arab of Mesopotamia

    Edición de Paul J. Rich ...
    Series series Middle East Classics
    Gertrude Bell was one of a select group of Western Arabists who helped create the modern Middle East. She was arguably the single most influential individual in Iraq when the British attempted in the aftermath of World War I to create a nation out of regions that had long been different provinces of the Ottoman Empire. She was called upon to produce this succinct but insightful volume as a guide ... Leer más

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    In 1955 the winds of change were beginning to blow across the Sultanate of Oman, a hitherto truly medieval state. Rumours of subversion mingled with the unsettling smell of oil to propel the Sultan on a royal progress across the desert hinterland, from his southern capital of Salala to the northern capital of Muscat. It was an historic journey – the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar. ... Leer más

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