Synopses & Reviews
After World War I, Britain's geographical expansion was echoed by a decline in power. In Kurdistan, where the dwindling of the British Empire was played out against a background of world politics, Wallace Lyon was Provincial Administrator and Administrative Inspector. His job was to protect the Kurds from Iraq and safeguard British imperial interests. His memoir illuminates the complex relationship between Britain and the rest of the world through the microcosm of Kurdistan.
Review
"...indispensable reading for anyone interested in how British administered Iraq's countryside."--David McDowall,Asian Affairs
About the Author
D.K. Fieldhouse is Professor of Imperial History and Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Table of Contents
Mosul, Dohuk, and the 1920 Uprising * Arbil: The "Election" of King Faisal * Aribil and Kirkuk: Tribal Uprisings; the Campaign Against Turkish Incursions; Simko * Arbil: Sir H. Dobbs and the Routine of an Administrative * Arbil: The Visit of King Faisal and the League of Nations * Arbil and the Bringing Sulaimani under Iraqi Rule * Sulaimani: Shaikh Muhmad and Local Society * Kirkuk: People and Locusts * Mosul: The Frontier Commission; the End of the Mandate; Land Settlement * Palestine, Baghdad, and Land Settlement in Kut and Kirkuk * Kirkuk: Land Settlement; the Army Coup of 1936; the 1941 Rashid Ali Rising * Political Advisor to the Indian Army in Iraq; the End of Lyon's Service in Iraq