International Journal of Kurdish Studies articles from January 1 2006

International Journal of Kurdish Studies archives from January 1 2006

Between empires: the movement of Sheikh Ubeydullah.
January 1, 2006... In recent years, increasing interest in the Kurdish problem has made the movement of Sheikh Ubeydullah movement of 1880 the most cited example of the first Kurdish uprising having national aspirations. A Naqshebandi-Halidi sheikh with an...

The Kurdish tribes of the Ottoman Empire.
January 1, 2006... Preface The materials collected in the ensuing pages are the results of about 7,500 miles of riding and innumerable conversations with policemen, muleteers, mollahs, chieftains, sheep drovers, horse dealers, carriers and other people...

On the character of Kurdish nomads.
January 1, 2006... The character of the Koordish race has many of the peculiar features common to all nomads. The desert, the plain, the highlands, the tent, the flock, the horse, the spear,--in short, all that is connected with the toils, pangs and excitement of...

Geographical factors.
January 1, 2006... Here is a land of contrasts, climates, barriers and diverse physical circumstances. It has been the birthplace of civilisation, has given the world the Gospel and the Koran, has seen the rise and decline of four great Empires and scores of...

The concept of Kurdish city.
January 1, 2006... Studies of Islamic/Iranian cities have paid little attention to the concept of Kurdish cities. Most Iranian literature related to the traditional built environment has focused on the human settlements of the Iranian plateau, especially cities...

Metina, my village.
January 1, 2006... INTRODUCTION It has been almost half a century since I left my little village in Kurdistan. And yet it is still my refuge from the hustle and bustle of the big city I live in today, from the pressures of work and deadlines. Hardly a day...

The Sharafnama of Bitlisi: manuscript copies, translations and appendixes.
January 1, 2006... THE MANUSCRIPTS Soon after the completion of the Sharafnama in August 13, 1797, several copies were made by various scribes of kings and amirs, both in Iran and in the Ottoman Empire. The oldest copy known to us was made almost two years...

State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... James Risen, State of War: The Secret history of the CIA and the Bush Administration. New York: Free Press, 2006. 240 pp. An account of botched U.S. intelligence operations, Risen's book covers the essential ingredients of current media...

Voices From the Front: Turkish Soldiers on the War with the Kurdish Guerrillas.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... Nadire Mater, Voices From the Front: Turkish Soldiers on the War with the Kurdish Guerrillas. (Translation by Ayse Gul Altinay.) New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 320 pages. Every nation-state is to some extent sustained by...

The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq.(Book review)
January 1, 2006... George Packer, The Assassins' Gate. America In Iraq. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2005. 467 pp. Any attempt at a comprehensive account of the Iraq War risks rapid obsolescence, particularly if the author draws upon fresh history to...

Life in a rough neighborhood: Byzantium, Islam and the Rawwadid Kurds.
January 1, 2006... THE RISE OF THE RAWWADIDS Warriors for God are made, not born. Such was the case of the Kurdish Rawwadids, who first rose to prominence over a millennium ago as border guards on the northwestern marches of the Muslim world. The...

From the editor.
January 1, 2006... This 20th volume of the journal deals with connections between people and place, attributable as much to nature as to nurture. In her doctoral dissertation published in 2004 under the title, Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography...