Chapter 3. The Demise of the Kurdish Emirates in the Nineteenth Century

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. A note on transliteration ix
5. Introduction. The origins of the kurds— myths, history, and modern politics 1
6. Chapter 1. Kurdish Distinctiveness under Arab, Persian, and Turkish Dominance 15
7. Chapter 2. The Era of Ottoman and Iranian Rule 27
8. Chapter 3. The Demise of the Kurdish Emirates in the Nineteenth Century 45
9. Chapter 4. Seeds of Kurdish Nationalism in the Declining Ottoman Empire 65
10. Chapter 5. The Beginnings of Modern Kurdish Politics 87
11. Chapter 6. The Kurds and Kurdistan during World War I 109
12. Chapter 7. The Kurds and the New Middle East after the Ottomans 115
13. Conclusion. From Distinctiveness to Nationalism— Continuing Issues of Kurdish Collective Identity 137
14. Maps 145
15. Notes 149
16. Bibliography 161
17. Index 169