Kurdistan and Kurdish Tribes According to a British Espionage Document

One of the areas of interest of England, defined as the 'Empire on which the Sun Never Sets' since the second half of the nineteenth century, has been the Middle East. Kurds are undoubtedly one of the most important people in this geography, both in terms of population and location. Dozens of studies have been carried out about the geography where Kurds live and the Kurds, both by travelers and by intelligence agents assigned by the British state. With the beginning of the First World War, especially the War Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Naval Command Intelligence Department and the India Office prepared many reports about the Kurds and compiled them into books. Some of these were classified as "secret" and some were "service specific" and were taught as course material in military schools after the end of the war.

'Kurdistan and The Kurds' is one of the reports prepared by the India Office. It is based on articles and reports of an intelligence nature prepared before the date of writing, and in fact, it is a kind of atlas of Kurdish tribes. The report in question has been translated into Turkish by us and presented to the reader by enriching its content with questions such as why, wherefore, how, and the problematic of Kurdish tribes and the geography they live in. An answer has been sought.

The number of books prepared and published on Kurdish tribes in Turkey is extremely limited and insufficient. The book you have in your hand fills a gap in its field in this context. It contains extremely important information about Kurdish tribes.