Muhamed Amin Zaki

Muhamed Amin Zaki, (1880-1948), was a Kurdish writer, historian, statesman and politician. He was born in Sulaimaniya, attended the Military and Staff College at Istanbul^[1] and served as a staff officer in the Ottoman army^[2]. He also served in the Iraqi administration under the British mandate in the 1920s^[3] and was appointed as Defence Minister in 1928^[4]. His two-volume book on history of the Kurdish people and states is one of the acclaimed works on this subject and has been translated into several languages including Arabic and English^[5].

Books

1. A Short History of the Kurds and Kurdistan, in two volumes, Dar al-Islami Publishers, Baghdad, 1931.(in Kurdish)

Vol.I: From the Antiquity to the Present.

Vol.II: History of the Kurdish States and Principalities.

Notes

1. ^ G. F. Clayton, R. O. Collins, An Arabian Diary, 379 pp., University of California Press, 1969, p.340
2. ^ P. G. Kreyenbroek, S. Sperl, The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview, 250 pp., Routledge Publishers, 1992, ISBN 0415072654, p.197
3. ^ N. Méouchy, P. Sluglett, The British and French Mandates in Comparative Perspectives, 743 pp., BRILL Publishers, 2004, ISBN 9004133135, p.589
4. ^ P. Sluglett, Britain in Iraq: Contriving King and Country , 318 pp., I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2007, ISBN 1850437696, p.117
5. ^ L. Meho,' The International Journal of Kurdish Studies: a cumulative index, 1986-2002[1].