Documentary importance - historical interest
Documentary importance - historical interest Some of the dissidents became rulers. Some of the nationalist and independence groups sought licenses and became part of the political process and part of new regimes. Other individuals and other movements remained outside the system - and some remain outlaws to this day. This remarkable document collection provides a catalogue of hundreds of political movements, parties and individuals who struggled, fought and sometimes died in the intense political developments of the Arab World in the 20th century. Many great names are found in the pages, both famous and infamous. The greatest name in the struggle for Arab independence and unity, the remarkable idealist and man of action, the Emir Chekib Arslan, recurs throughout the collection for some 30 years. The records show the origins and development of notable political groups, including the Arab Ba'ath Party in 1949, and include intelligence reports on many subversive organisations, including a report as early as 1936 on the objectives and organisation of the Moslem Brotherhood; vain attempts at the suppression of this group continued in the reports from the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the principal organisations and individuals appearing in these volumes. Note: these names are only a small part of the hundreds of movements and persons named in over half a century of intelligence documents. La Ligue de la Patrie Arabe, 1905 Comité Supérieur National Arabe, 1905 The Young Turks, 1908 Emir Chekib Arslan, Beirut and elsewhere, 1908, 1913, 1922, 1931, 1937 Emir Mustapha Arslan, Beirut, 1908 Nessib Bey Djumblatt, Beirut, 1908 Mahmoud Bey Djumblatt, Beirut, 1908 Union Libanaise, 1908 Hurriyet (Freedom) Club, Damascus, 1908 Syrian Central Committee, Paris, 1908 Egyptian Reform Party, 1908 Egyptian Nationalist Party, 1908 Islamic Propaganda and Instruction, Cairo, 1911 Committee of Union and Progress, Constantinople, 1913 Reform Club, Beirut, 1913 Djemil Mardam Bey, Beirut, 1913, 1922; Palestine, 1934 Basra Arab Reform Committee, 1913 Mesopotamia Arab Movement, Baghdad, 1914 Al Ahd Group, Cairo, 1914 Aziz Ali Bey El-Masri, Cairo, Baghdad, 1914 Revolutionary Arab Committee, Damascus, 1914 Kahtan Party, Berne, 1915 Habib Loftfallah, Cairo, 1915, 1939 Khalil Pacha Khayat, president of Cercle Syrien, Alexandria, 1916 Iskander Bey Amoun, former president of Alliance Libanaise, 1916 Rafik Al Azm, president, Decentralisation Society, Cairo, 1918 Saad Zagloul, Cairo, 1919-1922 Senussi Brotherhood, Tripoli, 1918 Al Ahd al Arabi, Damascus, 1920 Nadi al Arabi, Damascus, 1920 Mouvahiddin Islamic Society, 1920 Talib Bey, Baghdad, 1920 Akhwan movement, Najd, 1920 Emir Amin Arslan, Beirut, 1920 Emir Adel Arslan, Beirut, 1920; Amman, 1921 Moslem Unification Committee, Berlin, 1922 Mustafa el Nahas, Cairo, 1921 Abbas Hilmi, Cairo, 1921 Adel Arslan, 1921, in Druse Rebellion, 1925 Istiqlal (Kemalist Secret Society), Damascus, 1921 Emir Chekib Arslan: secretary, Congress of Opressed Peoples of the Orient, 1922; president, Oriental Club, Berlin, 1922 Shaikh Rashid Rida, Cairo, Damascus, 1922, 1926 Jaffar Pasha, Baghdad, 1923 Iron Hand Society, Damascus, 1922 Shaikh Ahmed Daud Salah, Damascus, 1922 Habib Loftfallah, Damascus, 1922 Esther Fahmy Wissa, Women's Central Committee, Cairo, 1922 Hizb al Watani, Cairo, 1923; Baghdad, 1933 Oriental Revolutionary Society, Cairo, 1923 White Flag Society, Khartoum, 1924; revived Cairo, 1955 El Ittihad el Sudan, 1924 Black Hand Society, Cairo, 1925 Palestine and Syrian Communist Parties, 1925 Rabta ash-Sharq (Bond of the East), Alexandria, 1923, 1929 Pan-Islamic Arab Revolutionary Movement (led by Chekib Arslan), Jerusalem, Damascus, 1931 Hussein ad-Dabbagh's conspiracy against King Abdul-Aziz, Aden, Assir, 1932 Ibn Rifada's Hijaz Revolt, 1932 Ihsan Bey el Jabiri, Palestine, 1934 Moslem Brotherhood (Ikwan el Muslimeen), Cairo, 1936, Palestine, 1938; Cairo, 1942, 1944, 1945; Amman, 1947 Committee for the Defence of Palestine, 1938 Societé des Oulémas (Society of Sages) d'Algérie, 1937, 1947 Habib Bourguiba, leader of Neo-Destour (New Constitution) Party, Tunis, 1945, 1947 Reda el-Mahdi el-Senoussi, president of Cyrenaican National Front, Benghazi, 1947 Ikhwan el Hurriyet (Brothers of Freedom), Cairo, 1947 Hassan el Ouezzani, leader of Democratic Party of Independence, Fez, 1947 Arab Ba'ath (Revival) Socialist Party, Jerusalem, Damascus, 1949; Amman 1954 Suppression of Moslem Brotherhood, Cairo, 1948; further activities, Cairo, 1949; Damascus 1950 Comité de Libération du Maghreb Arabe, Tangiers, 1948 Revolutionary Command Council, Oman, 1949 Popular Socialist Party, Baghdad, 1951 Mouvement Triomphe des Libertés Démocratiques, Algiers, 1952 Suppression of Moslem Brotherhood, Damascus, 1952; its continuance, Cairo, 1953,1954; Damascus, 1954 Yemeni Unity Society, Aden, 1952 Kuwait Democratic League; National Cultural Club, etc., Kuwait, 1954 Istiqlal Party, Rabat, 1955 Arab Dissident Movements 1905-1955 Editor: Anita L. P. Burdett Extent: c. 6000 pages in 8 volumes ISBN: 1-85207-680-1 Paper: Printed on acid-free longlife paper Binding: Library bindings with gilt tops and blocking Price see separate price list cache of http://www.archiveeditions.co.uk/Leafcopy/680-1.htm For Further Reading: Thanks and best wishes, J. Barry O'Connell Jr. |
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