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East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921 Tapa dura - 2009
de Edmonds; Yann Richard (Editor)
Descripción de contraportada
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travel and research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925 (London - New York, 1957), but his Persian memoirs remained unpublished.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.
Detalles
- Título East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921
- Autor Edmonds; Yann Richard (Editor)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Páginas 404
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Brill
- Fecha de publicación 2009
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9789004173446 / 9004173447
- Peso 1.76 libras (0.80 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.5 x 6.7 x 1 pulgadas (24.13 x 17.02 x 2.54 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2009033917
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.322
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2010, Page 55
