1914 US consulate in Baghdad reported Ottomans had reconciled with Sayid Talib and Sheikh
Ajaimi of Montafiq Confederation They had de facto control of Basra vilayet
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1914 US consulate in Baghdad reported Ottomans had reconciled with Sayid Talib and Sheikh
Ajaimi of Montafiq Confederation They had de facto control of Basra vilayet
1639 Treaty of Zuhab ended Ottoman-Safavid War and gave Ottomans most of Mesopotamia
(Musings On Iraq review An Analysis of Hanna Batatu’s The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq)
1917 UK War Cabinet created Mesopotamia administration committee to decide on form of
govt in captured areas
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
1915 Viceroy of India wrote UK interests were protecting Persian oil concession which meant Basra
vilayet should be controlled by UK while Baghdad vilayet should be ceded by Turkey and given native administration under UK influence
(Musings On Iraq review Enemy On The Euphrates, The Battle For Iraq 1914-1921)
(Musings On Iraq review When God Made Hell, The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921)
Sayle, Timothy Andrews, Engel, Jeffrey, Brands, Hal and Inboden, William, Edited by, The Last Card, Inside George W. Bush’s Decision To Surge In Iraq, Cornell University Press, 2019
The Last Card, Inside George W. Bush’s Decision To Surge In Iraq provides the most comprehensive view of how the Bush administration decided to order the Surge in 2007. It consists of two halves. The first is interviews with 28 members of the White House starting with President Bush himself along with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and various members of the National Security Council, State Department, and Pentagon. The second part is a series of articles by academics trying to evaluate the decision making process and giving some views of whether the Surge worked or not. It’s those firsthand accounts of most of the major players within the government that makes this a must read for those interested in the Surge.
1921 Colonial Sec Churchill wrote PM Lloyd George Said making Faisal king of Iraq best
chance for UK to save money in Iraq
(Musings On Iraq review Cairo 1921, Ten Days That Made the Middle East)
(Musings On Iraq review Empires of the Sand, The Struggle For Mastery In The Middle East 1789-1923)
1914 US consulate in Baghdad reported Ottomans had reconciled with Sayid Talib and Sheikh Ajaimi of Montafiq Confedera...