Muslim minorities in Arab countries, 1843-1973

Author(s)

• Destani, Bejtullah D.

Bibliographic Information

Muslim minorities in Arab countries, 1843-1973

edited by B. Destani

（Minorities in the Middle East）

Archive Editions, 2006

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4

Note

Vol. 1. 1843-1930 -- v. 2. 1927-1938 -- v. 3. 1941-1949 -- v. 4. 1950-1973

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These four volumes, concerning Muslim minority communities from 1843 to 1973, consist of contemporary political despatches, correspondence and reports composed by British diplomats, some of whom were resident in the country under debate. The papers are written very clearly from a British perspective but this authoritative voice of government allows us an insight into high politics at a time when the British were inextricably involved in the government of the Middle East. The kind of information and insight that the documents provide is aptly illustrated in the extracts below but what is also evident, from even a quick reading, is the extent to which the position and treatment of minority cultures is a central consideration in achieving peace and good governance. Perhaps inevitably the material concerning minorities is partial and unsatisfactory in some ways; but taken together these volumes provide a continuity of evidence for how little has changed from historical to modern times.

Table of Contents

• Volume 1: 1. Muslim communities under Ottoman administration, 1843-1911
• 2. General considerations in the former Ottoman territories: 'Decentralization' - the concept of the substitution of direct Turkish administration with limited Arab self-government - and the future of Palestine, 1913-1914
• 3. Mesopotamia: disturbances at Kerbala and Nejef [Arab Bulletin Reports, 1916]
• 4. 'Indian Moslems and the Hejaz' [Arab Bulletin Report, 1916]
• 5. Considerations of the consequences of turning Turkey out of Europe, 1920: the views of the Aga Khan
• 6. Sectarian questions in Syria: effect of French actions, 1925-1927
• 7. Reviews of the Shiah movement in Iraq, 1927-1930 [a series of Special Service Office reports]. Volume 2: 1. The claims of the Baha'is in Iraq, 1927-1928
• 2. Issues regarding the Committee of Moslems appointed to review the powers and constitution of the Supreme Moslem Council in Palestine, 1928
• 3. The status of the Baha'i community in Palestine, and the progress of the Baha'is' case in Iraq, 1929
• 4. The progress of the Baha'is' case in Iraq, 1930
• 5. The progress of the Baha'is' case in Iraq, 1931
• 6. Reactions to the findings of the Wailing Wall Commission, Jerusalem, June 1931
• 7. The progress of the Baha'is' case in Iraq, 1932
• 8. The claims of British Muslim subjects in Iraq against the Iraqi authorities and by the Iraqi authorities against British Muslim subjects, and the spread of anti-British propaganda to returning Indian workers, 1938
• The claim of Das Raj Manu Harlal against the police in Samawah
• The spread of anti-British propaganda to Indian workers
• The claim against Sardar Ara Begum Muhamad Ali Khan al Nawab
• The claim of Mr Shirazi against the Iraqi police
• The repatriation of Mr Nizamuddin Ahmed's daughter to India
• The whereabouts of Ghulam Rasul of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
• The petition of Kanij Fatima of New Delhi. Volume 3: 1. Zain-ul-Abidin Rahnama's scheme for a Shiah pro-democracy organisation, 1941
• 2. The claims of the son of Shaikh Khazal to his confiscated properties in Iran, 1942
• 3. The disputes and claims of Muslims and Yezidis in Northern Iraq, 1942-1944
• 4. The Mohafazat of the Alawites, 1943: background information
• 5. 'Minorities in the Arab World', 1943
• 6. The arrest of Suleiman Murshid, Alawite leader, in Damascus, 1944
• 7. The situation of Palestinian Arab refugees, displaced by the hostilities following the termination of the British Mandate, 1948-1949. Volume 4: 1. The situation of Palestinian Arab refugees: international relief efforts, 1950-1973
• Arab-Israeli relations within Israel, 1957
• 2. The status of Pakistanis and Indians in Spanish Morocco, 1951
• 3. The visit of the Shiah Iranian prophet, Abul Qassim Khan, to Baghdad, 1952
• 4. 'Moslem Lebanon Today', 1953
• 'Crosses and Crescents: Confessionalism in Lebanon', 1973
• 5. The situation of the Shiahs in Bahrain, 1954-1968: a series of papers regarding Sunni-Shiah relations
• 6. The response to the arrest and trial of members of the Baha'i faith in Morocco, 1962-1963
• 'The Baha'is': background brief, 1980
• 7. The position of the Alawites and Druzes in Syria, 1966
• 8. 'The Expatriate Arab and Iranian Communities in Kuwait', 1967.

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Details

• NCID: BA85921896
• ISBN:
  • 9781840971804
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: [Slough]
• Pages/Volumes: 4 v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 305.697
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Minorities -- Arab countries -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
  • LCSH : Minorities -- Arab countries -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
  • LCSH : Muslims -- Non-Muslim countries -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
  • LCSH : Muslims -- Non-Muslim countries -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA85917811