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East and west of Zagros : travel, war and politics in Persia and Iraq 1913-1921 / by C.J. Edmonds ; edited, and with an introduction by Yann Richard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Iran studies ; v. 4.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 377 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789047426905
  • 9047426908
  • 1282601857
  • 9781282601857
  • 9786612601859
  • 661260185X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: East and west of Zagros.DDC classification:
  • 940.3/2241092 22
LOC classification:
  • DS258 .E34 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations and Maps; Foreword by Yann Richard; Preface; PART I THE PERSIAN GULF; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Cambridge to Constantinople; Chapter Three Constantinople to Bushire; Chapter Four Life at Bushire; Chapter Five First Caravan Journey; Chapter Six Prelude to the Zimmermann Telegram; PART II LOWER MESOPOTAMIA; Chapter Seven Basra; Chapter Eight The Tigris Front; Chapter Nine Amara; Chapter Ten The Great Swamp; Chapter Eleven The Euphrates Line; PART III SOUTH-WEST PERSIA; Chapter Twelve The Karun Front; Chapter Thirteen Shushtar; Chapter Fourteen Dizful.
Summary: 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travel and research in North-Eastern Iraq, 1919-1925 (London - New York, 1957), but his Persian memoirs remained unpublished.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 fieldsa (TM) security a
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-338) and index.

List of Illustrations and Maps; Foreword by Yann Richard; Preface; PART I THE PERSIAN GULF; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two Cambridge to Constantinople; Chapter Three Constantinople to Bushire; Chapter Four Life at Bushire; Chapter Five First Caravan Journey; Chapter Six Prelude to the Zimmermann Telegram; PART II LOWER MESOPOTAMIA; Chapter Seven Basra; Chapter Eight The Tigris Front; Chapter Nine Amara; Chapter Ten The Great Swamp; Chapter Eleven The Euphrates Line; PART III SOUTH-WEST PERSIA; Chapter Twelve The Karun Front; Chapter Thirteen Shushtar; Chapter Fourteen Dizful.

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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 fieldsa (TM) security a

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