The Clash of Empires and the Rise of Kurdish Proto-Nationalism, 1905–1926

ISBN-13: 9783031449727 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Mehrdad Kia

Opis

This book focuses on the rise of Kurdish nationalism in northwestern Iran in the context of the emergence of the Kurdish leader, Ismail Agha Simko, who organized a movement to establish a Kurdish state between 1918 and 1922 The rise of Simko is analyzed in the historical framework of the collapse of the Russian and Ottoman empires, as well as the disappearance of Iranian governmental authority in various provinces of the country during and after the end of the First World War. The book also investigates the impact of Iranian, Turkish, and Assyrian nationalisms on Simko and his movement. Drawing upon original documents, the author provides an in-depth analysis of the political, and socio-economic causes for the rise of proto-Kurdish nationalism in northwestern Iran during and after the Great War.

Spis treści

 

Chapter 1             Introduction

 

Chapter 2             Historical Setting: Iran on the Brink of Collapse

 

Chapter 3             Shakak Tribe and the Rise of Simko

 

Chapter 4             Simko, Competing Nationalisms, and the Great War

 

Chapter 5             Fall of Empires and Simko’s Revolt

 

Chapter 6             Simko’s Wars and the Rise of Reza Shah

 

Chapter 7             Simko’s Downfall

 

Chapter 8             In Search of a New Patron: Simko Sandwiched Between Iran, Turkey and Iraq

 

Chapter 9             Conclusion

 

 

Selected Bibliography of Books

 

Index

O autorze

Mehrdad Kia is the Co-Director of the Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center at the University of Montana, USA, where he is also a professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian history and politics.

Blurb

This book focuses on the rise of Kurdish nationalism in northwestern Iran in the context of the emergence of the Kurdish leader, Ismail Agha Simko, who organized a movement to establish a Kurdish state between 1918 and 1922 The rise of Simko is analyzed in the historical framework of the collapse of the Russian and Ottoman empires, as well as the disappearance of Iranian governmental authority in various provinces of the country during and after the end of the First World War. The book also investigates the impact of Iranian, Turkish, and Assyrian nationalisms on Simko and his movement. Drawing upon original documents, the author provides an in-depth analysis of the political, and socio-economic causes for the rise of proto-Kurdish nationalism in northwestern Iran during and after the Great War.

 

Mehrdad Kia is the Co-Director of the Central and Southwest Asian Studies Center at the University of Montana, USA, where he is also a professor of Middle Eastern and Central Asian history and politics.