As a leader of the Kurdish national liberation movement for almost half a century, Mustafa Barzani witnessed many historical events that rocked the Middle East and had a strong impact on the fate of the Kurdish communities in the region. Barzani's life-long struggle began in 1907 when he was barely three years old, when he and his mother were incarcerated in the aftermath of a raid by the Ottoman Turkish forces. Barzani went on to spend most of his life fighting various governments partitioning Kurdistan. Barzani's son, Massoud, the president of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and currently the de facto ruler of much of Iraqi Kurdistan, has put together a valuable dossier of documents, stories, rare photos and has pieced them into a narrative in the first person with his reflections and analyses of historic events in the period 1931 to 1961.
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This is a detailed history of the founder of modern Kurdistan and the inspiration for a democracy in the Middle East. Account from his son, Massoud, who is currently the innovative President of the Kurdistan Regional Government and implementing his father's dream of a democratic Kurdistan. Important to appreciate the tremendous stuggle of the Kurdish people to get to where they are today in Iraq as a prosperous, secure and democratic region.
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The idea of writing this book has arisen from my sense of the importance of studying the history of the struggle of the Kurdish people and shedding light on the patriotic role of the Barzanis, who have taken part in formulating and forging numerous vicissitudes of this history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sheikh Ahmad, Mustafa Barzani, Soviet Union, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sheikh Abd, Iranian Kurdistan, Ba'th Party, Freedom Committee, Koy Sanjaq, Hamza Abdullah, Mustafa Khoshnaw, Republic of Iraq, World War, Massoud Barzani, Middle East, Sheikh Mahmud, Wali Beg, Mohammed Siddique, Core Group, Mohammed Amin Mirkhan, As'ad Khoshavi, Qazi Mohammed, Qala Diza, Iraqi Communist, Baghdad Pact New!
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The idea of writing this book has arisen from my sense of the importance of studying the history of the struggle of the Kurdish people and shedding light on the patriotic role of the Barzanis, who have taken part in formulating and forging numerous vicissitudes of this history. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sheikh Ahmad, Mustafa Barzani, Soviet Union, Iraqi Kurdistan, Sheikh Abd, Iranian Kurdistan, Ba'th Party, Freedom Committee, Koy Sanjaq, Hamza Abdullah, Mustafa Khoshnaw, Republic of Iraq, World War, Massoud Barzani, Middle East, Sheikh Mahmud, Wali Beg, Mohammed Siddique, Core Group, Mohammed Amin Mirkhan, As'ad Khoshavi, Qazi Mohammed, Qala Diza, Iraqi Communist, Baghdad Pact New!
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- Road through Kurdistan: The Narrative of an Engineer in Iraq by Archibald Milne Hamilton on 4 pages
- A Modern History of the Kurds: Third Edition by David McDowall in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Department of Education: Provision of School Accommodation: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain on page 315
- Two Years by Richard Henry Dana in Back Matter
- The Ethnography of Communication (Language in Society) by Muriel Saville-Troike in Back Matter
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