Abd al-Razzaq al-Hasani ( ar, عبد الرزاق الحسني) (1903–1997) was an
Iraqi historian and
politician.
[Orit Bashkin. The other Iraq: pluralism and culture in Hashemite Iraq. Stanford, California, USA: Stanford University Press, 2009. Pp. 129.] Al-Hasani was a prominent proponent of
Iraqi nationalism.
He was also a proponent of
Arab nationalism.
Early warning
Al-Hasani in a 1924 article titled "Shi'i Majority in Iraq" warned of the dangers of discrimination by the Sunni-dominated government against the Shi'a majority of Iraq's citizens as having the potential to harm attempts to forge national unity in Iraq.
Al-Hasani was a strong opponent of the
British Mandate of Mesopotamia and British influence in Iraq, claiming the British believed that power in the mandate belonged to them alone and not to Iraqis at all.
[Orit Bashkin. The other Iraq: pluralism and culture in Hashemite Iraq. Stanford, California, USA: Stanford University Press, 2009. Pp. 130.]
Kurdistan
Al-Hassani is noted for having written a book titled ''The Political History of Iraq'' (in the
Arabic language), in which he considered the
Hamrin Mountain Range as a natural border of
Kurdistan. His approach towards this sensitive issue concerning the border created controversy about the ethnicity of
Kirkuk
Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...
city. Kirkuk is a multiethnic city in
Iraq. The ethnic identity of the city has been disputed among
Kurds,
Turkmen
Turkmen, Türkmen, Turkoman, or Turkman may refer to:
Peoples Historical ethnonym
* Turkoman (ethnonym), ethnonym used for the Oghuz Turks during the Middle Ages
Ethnic groups
* Turkmen in Anatolia and the Levant (Seljuk and Ottoman-Turkish desc ...
,
Arabs, and
Assyrians
Assyrian may refer to:
* Assyrian people, the indigenous ethnic group of Mesopotamia.
* Assyria, a major Mesopotamian kingdom and empire.
** Early Assyrian Period
** Old Assyrian Period
** Middle Assyrian Empire
** Neo-Assyrian Empire
* Assyrian ...
. This controversial approach was also supported in the past by many foreign researchers, including
Cecil J. Edmonds
Cecil J. Edmonds (26 October 1889 – 11 June 1979) was a British political officer who served with the British Expeditionary Forces in Mesopotamia and Norperforce in north-western Persia, and later in the civil administration of Iraq.
Early lif ...
in his book, "Kurds, Turks and Arabs. Politics, Travel and Research in North-eastern Iraq, 1919-1925", published by London: Oxford Press, 1957.
Al-Hassani has other famous books as "Tarikh Al-Ahwarat Al-Iraqi" ( "History of Iraqi Marshes") and "Ancient and Modern Iraq" published by Al-Irfan press, Saida, Lebanon, 1956.
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1903 births
1997 deaths
20th-century Iraqi historians
Iraqi Arab nationalists
Iraqi nationalists
Iraqi politicians
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