British imperial interests in Iraq during and after the First World War are well known and have often been studied. But what of British policy towards the Mesopotamian provinces before 1914? In this well-documented study, Stuart Cohen provides the first coherent account of growing British interest in these provinces, in which the defence of India, commercial considerations, the protection of Shia Muslim pilgrims and fear of a German-dominated Berlin to Baghdad railway all had a vital role to play. First published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, this book is essential reading not only for an understanding of the making of British policy towards the Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire but also of the last days of Turkish rule in Iraq itself.
- ISBN10 0903729172
- ISBN13 9780903729178
- Publish Date October 1976
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 August 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Garnet Publishing Ltd
- Imprint Ithaca Press
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English