From the Gulf to Ararat - Imperial Boundary Making in the Late Ottoman Empire

Informationen zum Autor Gilbert Ernest Hubbard (1885-1951) was appointed Secretary to the British Commissioners on the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission in 1913. Following a spell at the Foreign Office he became Private Secretary to Sir Hamar Greenwood, Sectretary of State for Foreign Affairs, subsequently taking up the position of First Secretary to HM Legation in Peking. After a decade as diplomatic agent to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank he took up the position of Far Eastern Research Secretary at Chatham House. He wrote a number of books on industrialisation and British policy in the Far East. Vorwort Unique account of the realities of marking a major Middle East boundary by a key member of the Commission. Zusammenfassung Unique account of the realities of marking a major Middle East boundary by a key member of the Commission. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Foreword by Richard Schofield New Introduction by Sue Littledale List of Illustrations From the Gulf to Ararat: An Expedition through Mesoptamia and Kurdistan by G. E. Hubbard Preface Note 1 The frontier 2 Marseilles to Mohammerah 3 Preliminaries to the start 4 Through the land of Elam (1) 5 Through the land of Elam (2) 6 The Wâli of Pusht-i-Kuh 7 Towards Baghdad 8 Dar-el-Khalifeh 9 Mesopotamia in retrospect 10 Entering Kurdistan 11 Along the Avromâns 12 The heart of Kurdistan 13 Kurdish history, customs and characters 14 From the Zâb to Ushnu 15 The last stage Afterword by Sue Littledale Index

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• Authors: G E Hubbard, G. E. Hubbard, Hubbard G. E.
• Assisted by: Richard Schofield (Foreword)
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2015
• EAN: 9781784531218
• ISBN: 978-1-78453-121-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Ottoman Empire, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Middle East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political Geography, Middle Eastern history