A Century of Tales and Negotiations: The Kurd, Iraq, and the Identity of the Disputed Kurdish Areas

This book is an academic study discussing the history of the conflict between the Kurd and the governments of Iraq over the Kurdish areas Outside the current administration of the Kurdistan Region, consisting of an introduction, a gateway, three parts, each part with several topics and sections, and an appendix of documents and maps.

The gateway of this book is about the background of the geographical border and the concept and national framework and the characteristics of the identity of the components.

The first part is dedicated to the background of the issue of the Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region and the process of negotiations between the Kurdish leadership and the Iraqi state, including two topics and several sections about the background of the issue of the Kurdish areas in the monarchical period between the years (1921-1958) such as the internal, regional, and international dimensions of annexing South Kurdistan to Arab Iraq and the phasing of the separation of the Kurdish areas and the background of the issue until the July 14, 1958 revolution. The issue of the Kurdish areas Outside the Kurdistan Region in the processes of war and negotiations between the Kurdish leadership and the Iraqi state between the years (1958-1992) such as the reflection of the Situation of the July 14, 1958 revolution of Iraq on the areas of conflict between the Kurd and the Iraqi government, the areas of conflict in the process of negotiations between the Kurdish leadership and the Iraqi governments between the years (1958-1975), and the place of the Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region between the Kurd and the Iraqi state between the years (1975-1992).

The second part is dedicated to the policy of the Iraqi state and the Kurdish and Iraqi parties on the issue between the years (1958-2010), including two topics and several sections that include the government policy of Arabization, displacement, and ethnic cleansing of the Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region. The place of the Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region in the view of the Kurdish and Arab parties of Iraq.

The third part is dedicated to the regional and international policy and the projects and constitutions of Iraq and Kurdistan regarding the conflict, including two topics and several sections such as the international and regional policy regarding the Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region, which is taken from the international policy perspective of America, Britain, and Russia, and in the regional countries, Iran and Turkey are cited as examples. The Kurdish areas Outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region in the constitutional clauses and articles of Iraq until the year 2003 and Iraq and the Kurdistan Region in the years 2003-2010.