International Journal of Kurdish Studies articles from January 1 2001

International Journal of Kurdish Studies archives from January 1 2001

From the editor.(Editorial)
January 1, 2001... This 15th anniversary issue features the writings of men whose travels and observations would leave their mark on Kurds in the 20th century. They traversed remote regions of Turkey and Persia in the 19th and early 20th centuries and left us...

Notes on a journey from Tabriz through Kurdistan via Van, Bitlis, Se'rt and Erbil, to Suleimaniyah, in July and August, 1836.
January 1, 2001... At Tabriz two routes were proposed to me for reaching the Turkish camp which was supposed to be situated to the north-east of Mosul. One was by proceeding to Julamerik, an independent Chiefship in the mountains of Kurdistan, bordering on...

Bitlis.
January 1, 2001... The kindness of the British Consul at Erzroum had provided me with a letter to a wealthy Armenian of Bitlis, and, on entering the town, I made my way directly to one of the principal khans, with the hope of finding him there. The crowd, which...

Travels in Kurdistan.
January 1, 2001... [We furnish our readers with an extract from the very interesting volumes of travels of Mr. Southgate, in Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia, which gives an account of his first entrance among the Kurds, and of the manners of that...

Contribution to the geography of central Koordistan.
January 1, 2001... Aintab, Turkey, August 20, 1849 Dear Sir, The accompanying map of a portion of Koordistan is forwarded to the Society, with the hope that, though a small, it may not be an uninteresting contribution to the geography of that part of...

Journal of a tour from Oroomiah to Mosul through the Koordish mountains.
January 1, 2001... April 25, 1849 -- Leaving my home at Seir, at 7 o'clock A.M. I started for Mosul. I rode to the city, and remained there till 1 o'clock, P.M. engaged in completing my preparations for the journey. We rode to Takky, a Nestorian village...

Kara Fatima at Constantinople.
January 1, 2001... Within the last month the forces of the Sultan have received an accession which has excited very great interest as the great focus of enthusiasm at Constantinople. The new ally is Kara Fatima Hanoun, whom our Artist has sketched as he...

Report relating to the respective position of Christians and Mahommedans in Anatolia.
January 1, 2001... I have the honour to forward herewith a Report relating to the respective position of Christians and Mahommedans in Anatolia. Inclosure in No. 1 DURING my visit at Erzeroom and its adjacent districts of Kars and Ardahan; at Amasin,...

Kurdistan.
January 1, 2001... Although many travelers have passed through this portion of the Ottoman dominions, there is still a good deal of it the geography of which is but imperfectly known. Kurdistan is not an accurately defined province, but the expression may be...

Journeys in Kurdistan.(description and travel)
January 1, 2001... During my occupation of the post of H.M.'s Military Consul at Van, I availed myself of the opportunity to travel in the surrounding country. Doubtless the Society in the course of its existence has received accounts from travellers who have...

Memorandum on the claims of the Kurd people.
January 1, 2001... Now that the excessively imperialistic claims of Armenia are officially known, I may venture to define more accurately before the Peace Conference the legitimate claims of the Kurd Nation. The frontiers of Turkish Kurdistan, from an...

Children of the arrow the strange saga of the Iraqi Turkmens.
January 1, 2001... Fate was never more capricious than when it prepared the world stage for the Seljuk Turks. Their story began, according to their own tradition, with a certain Dukak, surnamed Timuryaligh ("with the iron bow"), a member of the Kinik tribe of...