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East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921
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East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921 Hardcover - 2009

by Edmonds; Yann Richard (Editor)


From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

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travel and research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925 (London - New York, 1957), but his Persian memoirs remained unpublished.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.

Details

  • Title East and West of Zagros: Travel, War and Politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921
  • Author Edmonds; Yann Richard (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 404
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Brill
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9789004173446 / 9004173447
  • Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.5 x 6.7 x 1 in (24.13 x 17.02 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009033917
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.322

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2010, Page 55

About the author

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 Kurdish at SOAS (London) 1951-57.
Yann Richard (Docteur ds-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 of Iranian studies at the Sorbonne nouvelle (Paris).