The Cradle of Mankind; Life in Eastern Kurdistan (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Travel, Ethnography, and Religious Life on the Late Ottoman-Persian FrontierBy Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram, W. A. Wigram
Length11h 37m
About this audiobook
The Cradle of Mankind; Life in Eastern Kurdistan is a richly textured work of travel writing, ethnographic observation, historical reflection, and imperial-era reportage. Moving across the mountainous borderlands of eastern Kurdistan, the volume explores landscape, custom, religious community, and political tension with a narrative style that combines anecdote, description, and antiquarian inquiry. Its significance lies in its sustained attention to a region often rendered peripheral in Western accounts, presenting village life, tribal structures, Christian and Muslim communities, and the legacies of ancient Mesopotamia within a single interpretive frame. Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram and W. A. Wigram brought to the work firsthand regional experience shaped by missionary, ecclesiastical, and scholarly engagement with the Assyrian and Kurdish worlds. Their account belongs to a broader early twentieth-century tradition of Near Eastern travel literature, yet it is distinguished by its close interest in local social organization, religious identity, and historical continuity. The authors' combined perspectives illuminate the cultural complexity of Kurdistan at a moment of imperial rivalry and impending transformation. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Middle Eastern history, ethnography, travel literature, and the study of minority communities. It offers a compelling opportunity to encounter a multiplicity of peoples, places, and interpretive lenses within one work, fostering dialogue between observation, memory, and history.
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- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
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Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length11 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2CHAPTER I BEYOND THE PALE OF THE RAILWAY (ALEPPO AND URFA)
3CHAPTER II A LAND OF DUST AND ASHES (DIARBEKR AND MARDIN)
4CHAPTER III THE MARCHES OF ANCIENT ROME (DARA AND NISIBIN)
5CHAPTER IV THE BURDEN OF NEWER NINEVEH (MOSUL)
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6CHAPTER V THE TEMPLE OF THE DEVIL (SHEIKH ADI)
7CHAPTER VI THE SKIRTS OF THE MOUNTAINS (RABBAN HORMIZD, BAVIAN, AND AKRA)
8CHAPTER VII AN ORIENTAL VICH IAN VOHR (THE SHEIKH OF BARZAN)
9CHAPTER VIII A MASTER OF MISRULE (NERI AND JILU)
10CHAPTER IX THE DEBATABLE LAND (GAWAR, TERGAWAR, MERGAWAR)
11CHAPTER X TWIGS OF A WITHERED EMPIRE (URMI)
12The Story of Haji Kas, and how his own Son bought him
13CHAPTER XI A LAND OF TROUBLE AND ANGUISH (URMI TO VAN)
14CHAPTER XII A SLOUGH OF DISCONTENT (VAN AND THE ARMENIANS)
15CHAPTER XIII THE LAND OF PRESTER JOHN (QUDSHANIS)
16CHAPTER XIV THE GREAT CAÑONS (THE NESTORIAN “ASHIRETS” OF HAKKIARI)
17CHAPTER XV INTRUDERS IN A PANDEMONIUM (AMADIA AND BOHTAN)
18CHAPTER XVI THE GRAVES OF DEAD EMPIRES (MOSUL TO BAGHDAD)
19CHAPTER XVII OUR SMALLEST ALLY (pt. 1)
20CHAPTER XVII OUR SMALLEST ALLY (pt. 2)
21Memorable Quotes
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