Table of Contents

I. A Litany of Disasters.- II. The Structure of Maml?k Power.- The Sa’?d-D?w?d Struggle (1815–1816).- The build up of Maml?k dominance.- Aspects of Government.- Outside Baghdad.- Military aspects of Maml?k power.- Revenue and Maml?k power.- The Maml?ks and Baghdad.- Religious leaders, military men and the role of the quarters of Baghdad.- The political position of non-Moslem minorities.- The Porte and Baghdad.- The British role.- Instability and violence in Maml?k politics.- A short discourse on Mosul.- III. The Rural World.- The sedentary areas.- The political position of the villagers.- The tribal world.- The large tribal formations: migrations and territorial influence.- Economics and tribal structure.- The Tribal Structure.- Political authority in the tribal world.- Big shaykhs and the state.- IV. Résumé. The Background of Iraqi State Formation.- State and countryside.- The Maml?ks in the history of Iraq.- Notes.