Agha, Shaikh and Khan: - Social and Political Structures of Kurdistan

Informationen zum Autor Martin Van Bruinessen Klappentext Exacerbated by the Gulf War, the plight of the Kurds is one of the most urgent problems facing the international community. This authoritative study of the Kurdish people provides a deep and varied insight into one of the largest primarily tribal communities in the world. It covers the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the great Kurdish revolt against republican Turkey, the birth of Kurdish nationalism and the situation of the Kurdish people in Iraq, Turkey and Iran today. Van Bruinessen's work is already recognized as a key contribution to this subject. Tribe by tribe, he accounts for the evolution of power within Kurdish religious and other lineages, and shows how relations with the state have played a key constitutive role in the development of tribal structures. This is illustrated from contemporary Kurdish life, highlighting the complex interplay between traditional clan loyalties and their modern national equivalents. This book is essential to any Middle East collection. It has serious implications for the study of tribal life elsewhere, and it documents the history of what has until recently been a forgotten people. Zusammenfassung Exacerbated by the Gulf War, the plight of the Kurds is one of the most urgent problems facing the international community. This authoritative study of the Kurdish people provides a deep and varied insight into one of the largest primarily tribal communities in the world. It covers the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the great Kurdish revolt against republican Turkey, the birth of Kurdish nationalism and the situation of the Kurdish people in Iraq, Turkey and Iran today.Van Bruinessen's work is already recognized as a key contribution to this subject. Tribe by tribe, he accounts for the evolution of power within Kurdish religious and other lineages, and shows how relations with the state have played a key constitutive role in the development of tribal structures. This is illustrated from contemporary Kurdish life, highlighting the complex interplay between traditional clan loyalties and their modern national equivalents.This book is essential to any Middle East collection. It has serious implications for the study of tribal life elsewhere, and it documents the history of what has until recently been a forgotten people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction How this book came to be written Subject of this study A note on the written sources 1. General Information on Kurdistan Geography Geopolitical situation Population Other economic activities: crafts/industries and trades Language Religion The Kurdish national movement, 1960-85 Iranian Kurdistan and the Islamic Revolution The Iran-Iraq war and the Kurds Saddam Hussein's solution to the Kurdish question Recent changes in Turkey's attitude 2. Tribes, Chieftains and Non-tribal Groups The tribe and its subdivisions Kurdish terms Blood feud and other conflicts Higher than the tribe? Leadership and conflicts Leadership: titles and functions The guest-house Economic aspects: tribute to the agha Leadership situation among a number of different tribes Power as a process: the colonization of the northern Jazira Subject 'non-tribal' peasantry and their relations with tribal Kurds The guran and the Guran Nomads and peasants: one or two peoples? Conclusion 3. Tribes and the State Introduction The incorporation of Kurdistan into the Ottoman Empire The political history of some Kurdish emirates Administrative organization of Ottoman Kurdistan in the sixteenth century Internal organization of the Kurdish emirates Political changes in the nineteenth century The rise of Bedr Khan Beg and the fall of the emirate of Botan The new land code and its effects The establishme...

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• Authors: Martin Van Bruinessen
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.1991
• EAN: 9781856490191
• ISBN: 978-1-85649-019-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education