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The Battle of Sha’iba, 1915: Ottomanism, British Imperialism and Shia Religious Activism during the Mesopotamian Campaign | Semantic Scholar

Mesopotamia in British Strategy, 1903–1914

Britain's strategic interest in Mesopotamia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a consequence of her control over India. The valleys of the Tigris and the Euphrates constitute a…

The Shi'is of Iraq

Iraqi Shi'is, the country's majority group, are politically disinherited, as was vividly demonstrated in the aftermath of the Gulf War. This study provides an historical background to the…

The problem of Iraqi nationalism

This article analyses the development of a tenuous Iraqi national identity since the creation of the Iraqi state in 1920. Informed by the ideas of Anthony D. Smith, Benedict Anderson and Eric…