Genocidal Campaigns during the Ottoman Era
The Firmān of Mīr-i-Kura against the Yazidi Religious Minority in 1832–1834
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13075613 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Majid Hassan Ali (0000-0001-8061-1431, University of Duhok, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-91 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Genocide Studies International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2291-1855 • E-ISSN: 2291-1847 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/gsi.13.1.05 |
| OpenAlex | W2983357855 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article examines books and works of locals and Western travellers in which historical evidence has been used by the current author to construct a narrative of the Yazidi genocides. The sources examined describe what the Ottoman and Kurdish princes were doing to the Yazidis at a time when genocide was not defined in legal terms. The Kurdish princes’ firmāns (genocidal campaigns) stripped the Yazidi people of much of their land and resulted in thousands of deaths. These genocidal campaigns in the mid-nineteenth century had all the features of a modern genocide. This article engages with such military campaigns against Yazidis by focusing on the firmān of Mīr (prince) Muḥammad Pāshā Rawwānduzī (nicknamed Mīr-i-Kura) in 1832–1834, which targeted Yazidi regions from Erbil to Sinjar. The resulting firmāns deeply impacted Yazidi collective memory and identity. Based upon the work of locals and Western travellers, as well as the narratives of contemporary observers and researchers, the firmān, its effects on the Yazidis, and their subsequent reactions to it, are described and analyzed in this study
Aesthetics · Art · Collective identity · Collective memory · Genocide · Identity (music · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |