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The Kurds of Iraq. I

Geographical Magazine • 10 • Published In 1940 • Pages: 382-393

By: Johnson, J. C. A..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Johnson was an officer in the British Army who had numerous contacts with the Kurds of Iraq. In this article he briefly discusses their dwellings and clothing, and gives information on their customs, religious beliefs, language, social system and moral characteristics.

cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Kurds

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

1996

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Middle East

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

Middle East

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

article

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Government Official

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Majed Elass ; 1955-1974

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

no date

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

not specified

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Iraq

NotesAdditional notes

by Squadron-Leader J. C. A. Johnson

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Kurds