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PS Presentation
PS Presentation
PS Presentation
Saddams Rule
After the Ottoman period, the question was who are Iraqis?
Population (1932):
1936:
15% Kurds in the higher ranks and 25% in the lower ranks
1958-68:
19521963 - 54%
19631970 - 6%
Saddam s Rule
(1979-2003)
Saddam s Rule
Saddam s Rule
1990s - Tribalism
Yaphe (2000):
Tribal chiefs as tax farmers and agents of the state (also during
the British Mandate)
1990s - Tribalism
His cousins Adnan Khayrallah Talfah and Ali Hassan al-Majid: both
as Defence Minister
In 1976, the government ordered Iraqis to drop their tribal family names
(e.g. at-Tikriti, al-Mosuli, ad-Duri)
1990s - Tribalism
1990s - Tribalism
Conclusion