Audiobooks

History of the Peshmerga from the Ottoman Empire to Today's Iraq

Author

Michael G. Lortz

Duration

5:46:16

Tracks

3

The first part of this book is dedicated to the order of Kurdish fighters and the importance of the Peshmerga; Peshmerga means the Kurdish military of Kurdistan of Iraq. The second part concerns the background of the Peshmerga between the years (1890-1958), including Kurdish forces in the First World War, the emergence of Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, the Sheikh Said rebellion, Xoybûn (Ararat rebellion), the beginning of the name and reputation of Barzani, the resurgence of Barzani's forces and the Barzan uprising (1943-1945), the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, the stories and historical conflicts after the Fall of Mahabad, and the Peshmerga in the Soviet Union between the years (1947-1958). The third part discusses the Peshmerga in the new Iraq between the years (1958-2003), such as the Kurd-Iraq war (1961-1970), the fragmentation of the Peshmerga ranks, the second Kurd-Iraq war (1974-1975), the establishment of the Union, the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the...