| East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921 Contributor(s): Edmonds (Author), Richard, Yann (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004173447 ISBN-13: 9789004173446 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $221.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Business & Economics | Urban & Regional - History | Military - World War I |
| Dewey: 940.322 |
| LCCN: 2009033917 |
| Series: Iran Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (1.76 lbs) 404 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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travel and research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925 (London - New York, 1957), but his Persian memoirs remained unpublished.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. |