International Journal of Kurdish Studies articles from January 1 2008

International Journal of Kurdish Studies archives from January 1 2008

Discovering the obvious.(Editorial)
January 1, 2008... The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Persian Poet Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) On an ordinary day in...

Ten years on the Euphrates: primitive missionary policy illustrated.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1868 BEFORE SPEAKING OF THE FIELD and work by which special attention will be paid, let us take a hasty view of the country at large and its inhabitants. In the southern part of the territory of the Mission to Eastern Turkey are the...

The Tennessean in Persia and Kurdistan: being scenes and incidents in the life of Samuel Audley Rhea.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1869 IN A SINGLE BATTLE of the great Russian and Turkish war more souls entered eternity than all the missionaries who have died for five hundred years. Honor to the brave! Let them win earthly applause. Those who came out of sieges,...

From wild life among the Koords.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1870 BEFORE ADVANCING ANY FURTHER into the details relating to the description of this country, and to the manners and customs of the inhabitants, it is necessary to give her some general notions on the geographical position and history of...

Turkey and Armenia: with a full and accurate account of the recent massacres by eye witnesses.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1896 THE RECENT REPORTS concerning the massacre of the Armenians in Turkey and other places have been looked upon by many as incredible; not, however, to those acquainted with the character of the Kurds, who were the chief perpetrators. My...

Impressions of Turkey.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... Love for Asiatic Turkey and its people, combined with hope for its future and interest in its past history, may justify the publication of these pages, in which I have tried to record frankly the impressions left on my mind during the...

Persia by a Persian.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... Preface I trust this work may serve a useful purpose in imparting fresh information and quickening an intelligent interest of a hopeful Christian effort, and I trust every reader will join us in the hope and prayer that no student of the...

Land of the Lion and the Sun: personal experiences, the nations of Persia-their manners, customs and their belief.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... This book, entitled, "Land of the Lion and the Sun," written by Absalom D. Shabaz, will prove, we judge, both highly interesting and instructive to the reader. The author's description of hardships and sufferings endured by him after announcing...

Turkey and the Turks: an account of the lands, the peoples, and the institutions of the Ottoman Empire.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... The author has endeavored to give in this book a brief but unified picture, gained through study and travel, of the incoherent Ottoman Empire and its complex civilization. A Scotch philosopher has remarked that if one wishes to give a strong...

To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in disguise with historical notices of Kurdish tribes and the Chaldeans of Kurdistan.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... "Shedders of blood, raisers of strife, seekers after turmoil and uproar, robbers and brigands; a people all malignant, and evil-doers of depraved habits, ignorant of all mercy, devoid of all humanity, scorning the garment of wisdom; but a brave...

The murder of a nation.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1915 The Evidence The following statement is based upon unimpeachable testimonies. There are the narratives of missionaries--Germans as well as Swiss, Americans and other citizens of neutral countries. There are reports from consuls...

The Caliph's last heritage: a short history of the Turkish Empire.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1915 FROM ERZERUM we proceeded to the blusterous heights of Palendokan, whence one may enjoy a view to the south even more appalling in its desolation than that obtained when looking north from the opposite side of the mountains. The night...

From the Gulf to Ararat: an Expedition through Mesopotamia and Kurdistan.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1917 Entering Kurdistan OUR DESTINATION on leaving Bagdad was the little Persian town of Kasr-i-Sherin, to which point the Commission had, in the meantime, carried forward the frontier from Mendeli. Its distance from Bagdad is about...

The Rage of Islam: an account of the massacre of Christians by the Turks in Persia.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... The Kurdish name is found in almost every place connected with robbery and destruction. No matter where he is living, in a flat country or in the mountains, in villages or in cities, everywhere he is the same. A good gun and a good horse are...

Two Years in Kurdistan: Experiences of a Political Officer 1918-1920.(Excerpt)
January 1, 2008... 1921 EXCEPT FOR THE INHABITANTS of Arbil town, a few Christians in Ainkawa, Shaqlawah, and Koi, and scattered Arab villages in Shamamik and Qara Choq, the Arbil Division is entirely populated by Kurds. Despite the fact that the Kurds...

Killing them softly.(Critical essay)
January 1, 2008... 520 West 122 Street New York, New York 10027 29 May 1977 Mr. Robert Burchfield c/o Clarendon Press 37 Walton Street Oxford OX26 DP England Dear Mr. Burchfield: My writing of the enclosed article was...

Kurdistan ignored: even by American professional geography textbook writers.(Contemporary World Regional Geography, Second Edition)(World Regional Geography, 9th Edition)(Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts, 13th Edition)(World Regional Geography, 6th Edition)(World Regions in Global Context: People Places, and Environment, 3rd Edition)(World Regional Geography: Global Patterns, Local Lives, 4th Edition)(Globalization: World Regions, Environment, Development, 4th Edition)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Introduction: Kurdistan is the newest name in the annals of mankind and on the list of nations of the world. Its name entered American media's geographical curiosity and as divided it is on few maps only after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait...

Syriacs on the Kurds: some Syriac registers on Kurdistan from Urumiyah.(Report)
January 1, 2008... Syriac literature flourished from the third century on and boasts such writers as Ephraem Syrus, Jacob of Sarug, John of Ephesus, Jacob of Edessa and Barhebraeus. The literature was originally written in the Aramaic dialect of Edessa--now Urfa...

The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal Prince Bandar Bin Sultan.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... William Simpson. The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal Prince Bandar Bin Sultan William Simpson's book on the life of former Saudi ambassador to United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, is an exciting narrative...