A people without a state : the Kurds from the rise of Islam to the dawn of nationalism
Mykʼl ʼpl, University of Texas Press (Publisher)
This comprehensive history traces the complex development of Kurdish distinctiveness from the beginnings of Islam through the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of Kurdish nationalism after World War I.
eBook, English, 2016
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University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 2016
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9781477309117, 9781477311073, 9781477309124, 9781477309131, 147730911X, 1477311076, 1477309128, 1477309136
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AcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. The Origins of the Kurds—Myths, History, and Modern Politics1. Kurdish Distinctiveness under Arab, Persian, and Turkish Dominance2. The Era of Ottoman and Iranian Rule3. The Demise of Kurdish Emirates in the Nineteenth Century4. Seeds of Kurdish Nationalism in the Declining Ottoman Empire5. The Beginnings of Modern Kurdish Politics6. The Kurds and Kurdistan during World War I7. The Kurds and the New Middle East after the OttomansConclusion. From Distinctiveness to Nationalism—Continuing Issues of Kurdish Collective IdentityMapsNotesBibliographyIndex