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Jeppsson, Anders. "Marschen mot Bagdad : 1st Marine Division." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-64.
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Denna uppsats avhandlar 1st Marine Division och deras väg in i Irak under operation Iraqi Freedom. Syftet med uppsatsen är att verifiera om det var konceptet manöverkrigföring som 1st Marine Division använde sig av under invasionen? Det har sagts att amerikanerna använde sig av manöverkrigföring i denna operation. Jag ställer mig mer frågande om det verkligen var det konceptet som de använde sig av.
För att svara på frågeställningen har jag först beskrivit vad manöverkrigföring är, därefter har jag gjort en fallstudie på 1st Marine Division och deras agerande under invasionen av Irak 2003. Vi följer divisionen från utgångsgrupperingen i Kuwait tills divisionen är inne i Bagdad. Detta utspelar sig från 21 mars 2003 till 10 april 2003.
Resultatet som jag kom fram till visar att det finns tydliga tendenser som visar att konceptet manöverkrigföring användes. Men det finns även tendenser som pekar på motsatsen.
This report describes the incursion of the First Marine Division in Iraq under "Operation Iraqi Freedom". It has been claimed that "manoeuvre warfare" was the main strategy used by the Marines during this operation. I question if this was indeed the approach.
In my analysis I first describe what we mean by "manoeuvre warfare". I then analyse the activities of the First Marine Division during the invasion of Iraq from pre- attack assembly area in Kuwait on March 21st 2003 until their entrance in Bagdad in April 10th 2003.
The result of my analyses shows that there are clear indications of the use of "manoeuvre warfare". However there are also indications that show that the opposite is true.
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Abd, Alkadhim Mohammad Jawad. "La ville de Bagdad : intérêts et perspectives d'une stratégie de développement urbain durable." Thesis, Grenoble, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014GRENH035/document.
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Cette recherche s'interroge sur l'interrelation entre le développement urbain et le développement durable dans le sens où celui-ci peut se concrétiser en milieu urbain et à différents niveaux stratégiques de la ville. Sous cet angle, la recherche ambitionne une meilleure compréhension de cette interrelation, notamment par ses implications potentielles pour la ville de Bagdad (Irak) qui constitue l'étude de cas. Pour atteindre cet objectif, la recherche implique une évaluation critique de la ville afin de savoir si la dynamique existante (défis et réponses) et les mutations urbaines actuelles (le développement économique, le changement social et l'envergure de l'implication du public, la transition politique), ainsi que les projets de développement urbain effectivement élaborés à la suite des efforts locaux de reconstruction – mais aussi sous l'impact du processus de globalisation - pourraient être orientés de façon à créer un terrain favorable pour engager un processus de développement durable en contexte. Toutefois, avant de passer à cette dernière étape ambitieuse, la question de recherche est examinée au prisme de trois étapes structurelles. Tout d'abord avec un regard sur l'histoire de façon à mieux voir comment a débuté la création de la ville de Bagdad et sa formation, puis quels furent son développement et ses transformations jusqu'à sa situation actuelle. Deuxièmement, en soulignant et analysant les conséquences et les problèmes actuels de son développement et ses impacts sur les différents aspects de l'état urbain (la société, la culture, l'environnement, la politique, etc. ...), cela pour mieux comprendre les débats actuels et les efforts contradictoires portés sur le développement de la ville concernée. Troisièmement, au-delà d'une recherche théorique sur le concept de développement durable, et de l'examen de certaines perspectives et de points de vue théoriques à partir desquels ce concept a été approché, la recherche est plus précisément conduite dans le but de bien comprendre comment s'engager correctement en faveur d'un développement adapté et d'un avenir durable pour la ville de Bagdad. Il importe ici de rappeler que cette approche s'inscrit dans un contexte où le rôle de la durabilité n'a pas reçu une attention appropriée de la part de la recherche en termes d'analyse des divers avantages et inconvénients apportés au contexte concerné. A cet égard, bien qu'il existe certaines similitudes entre les villes à travers le monde, et que l'on puisse aussi admettre qu'il y ait beaucoup d'éléments globaux communs au sujet du développement de la ville, il convient de relever qu'il y a aussi des dimensions locales et régionales jouant un rôle important. A cet à égard la recherche révèle que Bagdad est un produit unique (dans le sens d'inhabituel) pour la mise en œuvre de politiques de développement urbain. La recherche vise aussi à établir une vision stratégique pour la ville en matière de développement urbain durable, en mettant d'abord l'accent sur des démarches stratégiques qui prennent en considération toute la complexité de la gestion et de l'aménagement de la ville. Enfin, la recherche esquisse les orientations d'un Schéma Directeur visant à maîtriser à la fois la forme urbaine et la croissance dans la perspective d'une éventuelle évolution vers une ville plus adaptée et "durable"This research questions the interrelation of urban development and sustainable development, in the sense that sustainable development could be operationalized in the urban environment and at a variety of strategic levels of the city. Within this objective, this research seeks to achieve, through the case study of the research (Baghdad), a better understanding of this relation, especially by its prospective implications for Baghdad. To achieve this goal, the research involves a critical assessment of whether, the dynamics (challenges and responses) and current urban changes (economic development, social transformations and the extent of public involvement, and the political transition), as well as urban development projects actually developed through local reconstruction efforts and impact of the process of globalization, could be invested and oriented to create a favourable ground to start an implementation of the sustainable development. However, before proceeding to the last ambitious step, the research aims to address the main research question through three structural phases: firstly through history in order to see how the creation of the city began, its formation, how it was developing and transforming up to its current situation. Secondly, for highlighting and analyzing the consequences and current problems of the city development and their impact on various aspects of the urban condition (society, culture, environment, politics, etc ....), in order to establish an understanding of current debates and contradictory efforts on the development of Baghdad city. Thirdly, beyond a theoretical research on the concept of sustainable development and a review of some points of view and theoretical perspectives from which this concept was approached, the research explicitly leads to a better understanding of how it could be possible to engage properly in the new commitment to an appropriate development and sustainable future for the city of Baghdad. It is important to remind here that this approach takes place in a context where the role of sustainability has not received appropriate attention of the research, in terms of analysis of the various advantages and disadvantages that are relevant to the context. In this respect, although there are some similarities between the cities around the world, as well as there are a lot of global common elements on development of the city, there are also local and regional dimensions that play an important role. With respect to these dimensions the study reveals that Baghdad is unique (in the sense of unusual) for the implementation of urban development policies. The research also aims to develop a strategic vision for the city's sustainable urban development, focusing primarily on the strategic approaches that take into account the complexity of the management and development of the city. Finally, the research proposes an attempt to outline a master plan to control both urban form and growth in any change, while ensuring a proper orientation to a city more responsive and “sustainable”
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Armstrong, Robert Claude 1961. "Slope stability modelling at the Cyprus Bagdad Mine." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/281472.
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The Bagdad Mine, an open pit mine located in northwestern Arizona, has experienced a slope failure related to a weak weathered tuff bed. The unit has been altered to a clay-like material in areas of the pit. Overburden pressures have caused the tuff to be squeezed out, and blocks of the overlying basalt unit have toppled forward. The failure has been remedied by reducing the pit slope to about 20°, but this solution is not desirable. Modelling of the slope is done using a general purpose finite element method program. The Drucker-Prager theory is used to model the tuff bed, while the other units are treated as being linearly elastic. Material properties for the three rock units are obtained from a variety of sources. Results suggest that loss of shear strength in the tuff, due to blasting-induced liquefaction, may be the cause of slope failure. Suggestions are made for remedial action.
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Pieri, Caecilia. "La brique, la palme et le béton : stratégies de la modernité urbaine à Bagdad, 1921-1958." Paris, EHESS, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010EHES0082.
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Entre l’imagerie orientaliste qui fait de Bagdad un mirage évanoui, celle des guerres qui tendrait à la transformer en repoussoir et, enfin, la politique de «communication » d'un régime qui a fonctionné trente ans comme un écran entre l'lrak et le reste du monde, peut-on avoir aujourd'hui avoir une vision claire de la ville moderne ? La thèse vise à identifier et interpréter les principales mutations du paysage architectural et urbain bagdadien entre 1921 - mandat britannique, création du royaume national d' lrak -et 1958 - Révolution, chute de la monarchie -, au regard d'un contexte national et international. L'organisation de l'espace urbain et la formation du bâti sont envisagées comme le paradigme d'une identité complexe, ainsi que l'expression des mécanismes de décision et enjeux à l'œuvre dans la mise en place d'une capitale moderne. Pour saisir cette évolution diachronique dans sa multiplicité, trois approches se croisent: analyse des modèles et des processus créatifs, hybridation et modernisation du bâti ; enquête sur la modernisation d' une société à travers l'interaction formes/modes d' habitat et formes/pratiques urbaines; enfin histoire politique, et modernisation de l'Etat sur fond de construction nationale, via celle d'une capitale emblématiqueWith the Orientalist imagery casting Baghdad a vanished mirage, that of wars tending to transform it into a foil, and finally the "advertising policy" of a regime which functioned for thirty years as a screen between Iraq and the rest of the world, how can a clear perception of the modem city of Baghdad be achieved now? The thesis aims at identifying and evaluating the main stages of transformation of Baghdad's urban and architectural landscape, between 1921 and 1958 within the national and the international context. The organisation of the urban space and the formation of the architectural corpus are envisioned as paradigms of a complex identity, as they embody the various mechanisms of decision at stake in the development of a modern capital city. In assessing this manifold diachronic evolution, three different approaches are intertwined: an enquiry on shaping patterns and processes, within the hybridisation embedded in the modernisation of buildings; an exploration of the modernisation of a society, through the interaction between housing forms/uses and urban forms/practices; finally a study of the historical and political context, and the modernisation of the State, by emphasizing the relationship between nation-building and the construction of an emblematic city
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Nony, Sylvie. "Abū l-Barakāt al-Bagdādī : une théorie physique de la variation du mouvement au XIIe siècle, à Bagdad." Paris 7, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA070054.
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L'objet de cette thèse est l'étude des concepts afférents à la physique du mouvement dans le Kitāb al-Muʿ tabar, d'Abū l-Barakāt al-Bagdādī, médecin-philosophe à Bagdad au Xlle, assortie d'une traduction d'une partie de cet ouvrage. Elle a pour but d'analyser les nouveautés introduites par rapport à la physique aristotélicienne, dans la formulation d'une "loi de la dynamique" et les modifications dans la conception du mouvement qui accompagnent ce renouvellement. Plus particulièrement elle interroge les analyses produites à ce jour, qui identifient l'oeuvre d'Abū l-Barakāt au simple réinvestissement, à la suite d'Ibn S īnâ, du concept de rhopé de Jean Philopon dans celui de mayl. L'étude se propose de montrer que cette notion de mayl est tributaire des représentations de l'espace, du temps, de l'infini, et du cosmos et qu'elle ne peut être traitée comme un invariant de l'histoire et de la philosophie des sciences. Les choix scientifiques et philosophiques particuliers à cet auteur seront examinés afin de comprendre comment il a pu imaginer un continuum tout au long des deux mouvements réputés contraires d'un projectile lancé vers le haut. Ce continuum semble être l'outil qui a permis de construire, pour la première fois dans l'histoire, une théorie modélisant raccélération et la décélération d'un mobile dans le champ de pesanteurThe topic of this thesis is the study of concepts relating to the physics of movement in the Kitāb al-Muʿ tabar, of Abū l-Barakāt al-Bagdādi, who was a philosopher and a physician in 12th century's Bagdad, together with a translation of a part of this book. The aim of this work is to analyze the innovations he brought about as compared with Aristotelician physics, in his formulation of a "law of dynamics" and the way this renewal modified the conception of movement. Our study will more particularly examine the analyses that have been produced so far, and which identified Abū l-Barakāt's work as following the steps of Ibn S īnâ in the mere reinvestment of John Philoponus' rhopé in the concept of mayl. Our purpose is to show that this notion is dependent on the representations of space, time, cosmos and infinity, and that it cannot be seen as an unvarying element in history and philosophy of sciences. The scientific and philosophical choices typical of this author will be examined in order to understand how he could imagine a continuum throughout two movements- yet reputedly contrary- of a projectile hurled upwards. This continuum seems to be the tool that helped build, for the first time in history, a theory which provides a model for the acceleration and deceleration of a moving object in the field of gravity
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Robison, Lori Carol 1955. "Geology and geochemistry of Proterozoic volcanic rocks bearing massive sulfide ore deposits, Bagdad, Arizona." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/558078.
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Gilli-Elewy, Hend. "Bagdad nach der Sturz des Kalifats : die Geschichte einer Provinz unter ilḫǎnischer Herrschaft (656-735/1258-1335) /." Berlin : K. Schwarz, 2000. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37630257h.
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Alkhazraji, Waad. "Étude critique de l'enseignement universitaire du français à Bagdad : Enquêtes-analyses de productions écrites Comparaison entre l'Université de Bagdad et celle de Moustansiriya." Besançon, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987BESA1021.
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Notre thèse comprend cinq parties: la première est une partie historique. Elle s'efforce de faire la lumière sur la politique de diffusion de la langue française depuis l'action des missionnaires jusqu'à nos jours. Nous avons essayé de montrer le chemin que le français à trace d'une langue d’élite sociale et religieuse a une langue d'enseignement professionnel, accessible à tous. La deuxième et la troisième partie portent sur des questionnaires adresses aussi bien aux étudiants en première année qu'à ceux en quatrième année dans deux universités: Bagdad et Moustansiriya. Il y était question de répertorier tous les dispositifs d'approche du français. Il en est de même pour l'enseignement apprentissage de cette langue dans le cadre académique et en dehors du contexte universitaire. Quant à la quatrième partie, elle met l'accent sur une analyse informatique appropriée. Des analyses factorielles de correspondance et graphiques-figures ont pour finalité de positionner les étudiants, en première et en quatrième années des deux universités, les uns par rapport aux autres. Cette analyse nous a permis de voir la courbe de progression et de régression des statistiques obtenues. Enfin, la cinquième partie est consacrée à un test de production écrite, adresse aux étudiants en quatrième année. Ce test nous a aidés à montrer et à démontrer les zones de défaillance dans le système d'enseignement apprentissage du français. A partir de ce qui précède, une stratégie pédagogique s'impose pour combler les lacunes du système en question d'une part et pour ouvrir de nouveaux horizons, d'autre part.
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Alkhazraji, Waad. "Etude critique de l'enseignement universitaire du français à Bagdad enquêtes, analyses de productions écrites, comparaison entre l'université de Bagdad et celle de Moustansiriya /." Lille 3 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37602233c.
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Cabrol, Cécile. "Les secrétaires nestoriens dans l'administration des califes abbassides à Bagdad (762-1258)." Bordeaux 3, 2003. http://www.theses.fr/2003BOR30047.
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Dès sa fondation en 762 par le calife al-Mansûr, Bagdad devint une capitale administrative cosmopolite peuplée de fonctionnaires et de savants chrétiens parmi lesquels les Nestoriens jouèrent un rôle de premier plan. Le secrétaire ou kâtib était un fonctionnaire, un conseiller privé, un calligraphe, un modèle culturel et un fidèle serviteur occupant des postes de confiance dans les services administratifs des califes. C'est à ce titre que les secrétaires nestoriens étaient appréciés car ils présentaient des valeurs morales et des compétences scientifiques les rendant indispensables. Avant de pouvoir évaluer le rôle des secrétaires nestoriens dans la société abbasside, il était incontournable de dépasser dans un premier temps, le cadre d'une étude socio-culturelle pour toucher aux techniques de l'écriture et de l'administration. Leur condition de dhimmis dans la société soulève de nombreux paradoxes que nous avons pu éclairer, dans un second temps, à la lecture des sources littéraires arabes produites par les auteurs musulmans et chrétiens. Les secrétaires nestoriens occupèrent des positions sociales très élevées et leur rôle politique, religieux et culturel fut déterminant non seulement auprès de leur communauté mais aussi auprès des personnages hauts placés dans la hiérarchie sociale de l'Empire jusqu'à la prise de Bagdad en 1258 par les Mongols. Auxiliaires du pouvoir musulman et intermédiaires privilégiés de la communauté nestorienne, le rôle des secrétaires nestoriens s'inscrit dans le cadre de relations islamo-chrétiennes à l'âge classique de l'IslamSince its foundation in 762 by the caliph al-Mansûr, Baghdad became a cosmopolitan capital where functionaries and Christian scholars played a major role. The secretary, or kâtib was a functionary, a private advisor, a calligrapher, a cultural model and a faithful servant occupying positions of trust in the caliphate's administration. Therefore, Nestorian secretaries showed moral values and scientific skills that made them indispensable. First, before evaluating the role of the Nestorian secretaries in the Abbasid society, it was necessary to go beyond the sociological and cultural context, and explain the methods and techniques of the scribes and the administration. Secondly, their condition as dhimmis in the society created various paradoxes that we were able to clarify on the basis of Arabic references written by both Muslims and Christians scholars. The Nestorian secretaries occupied very high positions; the political, religious and cultural role they played was determinant, not only for their communities but also in regard to the ranked persons in the Empire and that, until the fall of Baghdad to the Mongols in 1258. Auxiliaries of the Islamic power and special intermediaries of the Nestorian community, their role fits in the islamic-christians relations during the classical age in Islam
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Van, Renterghem Vanessa. "Les élites bagdadiennes au temps des Seldjoukides." Paris 1, 2004. http://www.theses.fr/2004PA010712.
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Bagdad, grande métropole du monde arabo-musulman médiéval et siège du califat abbasside, fut du milieu du Ve jusqu'au XIe siècle englobée dans l'empire des Turcs seldjoukides. Restaurateurs du sunnisme, les sultans seldjoukides résidèrent peu à Bagdad, mais ils y fondèrent des institutions nouvelles : les madrasas, et participèrent au développement urbain. Cette étude d'histoire sociale se fonde sur les dictionnaires biographiques et les chroniques arabes et la constitution d'un grand fichier prosopographique. La thèse décrit les différentes catégories fonctionnelles d'élites, les pratiques de distinction et les manifestations des clivages hiérarchiques au sein de ces groupes, et l'apparition et la consolidation de grands lignages. Puis vient l'étude du cadre urbain : répartition des élites dans la ville, contrôle urbain, évergétisme élitaire. Bagdad y apparaît comme une ville en évolution, marquée par l'action d'élites profondément inscrites dans le contexte urbain dont elles sont le produit.
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Ferm, Mikael. "US Army mot Bagdad : en fallstudie om hur manöverteori blev manöverkrigföring i Irak." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-1667.
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Under operation Iraq Freedom uppvisades i media en bild av en snabb och tempofylldframryckning mot Bagdad. Denna bild kontrasterade mot den som normalt förknippas med USArmy och dess krigföring. Skulle denna bild kunna vara med verkligheten överrensstämmande?Har nya tankegångar och doktriner fått ett sådant genomslag att US Army anammatmanöverkrigföringens elementa och faktiskt nyttjar det, även på taktisk nivå? Har teori såledesblivit praktik?Syftet med denna uppsats är följaktligen att verifiera eller falsifiera en hypotes, utgående i frånatt amerikanska enheter ur US Army anammat manöverteorins nyckelbegrepp och numeraanvänder sig av manöverkrigföring på taktisk nivå och således lyckats implementera en ny teori ipraktiken. Detta har gjorts genom att genomföra en fallstudie av den tredje amerikanskainfanteridivisionen (mek) och dess agerande vid olika händelser från dess att framryckningenstartar i Kuwait den 20 mars och intill Bagdad faller den 9 april.Analysen visar att divisionens agerande under dessa studerade händelseförlopp i hög gradpräglades av manöverkrigföring och att förbandet följde gällande doktrin vilken i sin tur byggerpå hörnstenarna i manöverteorin. Således har hypotesen kunna verifieras och teori har blivitpraktik. Avslutningsvis diskuteras resultatet utifrån uppsatsens slutsatser, problemställningarsamt där nya frågeställningar också förs fram.Avdelning: ALB - Slutet Mag 3 C-uppsHylla: Upps. ChP 02-04
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Vestberg, Sebastian. "Bomber över Bagdad : En kvantitativ innehållsanalys av New York Times rapportering av Irakkriget." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för humaniora, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24745.
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Under Vietnamkrigets förlopp så ändrades sättet som samhället betraktade journalister samt hur deras egen praxis var. Daniel C Hallin beskriver det som att de gick från att ses som en del av myndigheterna till att vara ”vakthundar”. De gick från att vara soldater vid skrivmaskinen till att övervaka det politiska styret. En högre journalistisk standard blev följden. En tidigare studie av New York Times rapportering av förloppet av kriget visar förändringar i användandet av källor och hur vinklingen gick från positiv till kriget till att vara emot det. Denna studie undersöker New York Times rapportering av Irakkriget och fokuserar på om tidningens journalister agerade som vakthundar eller som skrivmaskinssoldater. Genom en kvantitativ innehållsanalys med fokus på fyra datum under 2003 och samma datum 2005 kan studien se hur tidningen använde källor och om den stod bakom bevisen som President Bush presenterade emot Saddam Hussein. Ur en teoretisk synvinkel tillämpas Pierre Bourdieus fältteori som beskriver media fältet och det politiska fältet som i en tävling mot varandra. En tävling som styrs av normer som reglerar hur interaktionen mellan fälten går till. Förändringen som tillkom under Vietnamkriget ändrade dessa normer. Tidningar som New York Times blev mer självständiga gentemot politiken och normen blev att övervaka myndigheten istället för att föra fram dess budskap. Denna studie går igenom ett antal faktorer som påverkade hur NY Times rapporterade om Irakkriget. En av dessa faktorer är ett kapitalistiskt system som gör att media känner sig tvungna att producera nyheter även om de är osäkra på källorna. Samt det politiska klimatet som existerade i USA där nationell säkerhet prioriterades. President George W Bush använde dessa faktorer på ett smart vis och skapade en situation där media återigen kopplades samman med styret under Irakkriget. Tidigare forskning gjord av Rod Brookes och Justin Lewis samt av FAIR visar att delar av brittisk media och amerikansk tv-media var för kriget i majoriteten av deras sändningar. Denna innehållsanalys visar att även NY Times rapportering var positiva till Bushs bevis och anklagelser mot Saddam Hussein. Under 2003 så var tidningen beroende av militären och det politiska styret som källor till dess rapportering. De var inledningsvis positiva till kriget och förde fram George W Bushs budskap om att kriget var nödvändigt. Ett flertal variabler visar dock att tendensen var att rapporteringen blev mer skeptisk till Bushs anklagelser mot Saddam Hussein. Under 2005 så ifrågasattes motiven och tidningens skildring vinklade kriget negativt. Uppsatsens diskussion kopplar denna tendens till att fler krigskritiska källor kommer fram på grund av att Bush förlorade kontrollen av informationsflödet. En jämförelse görs med Vietnam-studien vilket visar att rapporteringen av Irakkriget hade ett större beroende av militära källor (32,3% under 2003 och 10 % totalt under Vietnamkriget). Samt ifrågasatte sina källor mindre. En slutsats görs att den högre graden av journalistik som kom till under Vietnamkrigets tid inte var representerad under inledningen av Irakkriget.Around the time of the Vietnam war the way journalists were looked upon by society changed aswell as their own praxis. Daniel C Hallin describes it as they went from appearing as an extended part of the government to being watchdogs. They went from being typrewritersoldiers to monitoring the government and a higher standard of journalism came with it. A previous study of mine of the New York Times report of the Vietnam war showed that the way sources were used changed during the course of the war. And the report went from being positive to opposing the war. This study examines New York Times report of the Iraq war and focuses on the role of the newspaper. Were their journalists watchdogs or typewritersoldiers. By making a quantative content analysis focusing on four dates in 2003 and the same dates 2005. The study sees how the newspaper used it 's sources and if it stood behind President Bushs motives for the war. The study applies Pierre Bourdies field theory which describes media and politics as fields that are in a contest with eachother. Their interactions are controlled by norms. This study looks at the changes that occured during the Vietnam war as the norms changning. Media grew more independent from politics and monitoring the government became the norm instead of broadcasting it 's messages. This study describes a capitalistic system that pressures the media to produce news even if they're unsure of it's sources. Aswell as a political climat in the USA that prioritised national security. President George W Bush used these factors in a smart way and created a situation where the media once again became less independent from the political field during the first stages of the war. Previous studies done by Rod Brookes and Justin Lewis and F.A.I. R have shown that parts of the brittish and american tv-media were pro-war in a majority of their broadcasts. This content analysis had a similar result. During 2003 a majority of the newspapers sources came from the american military and the political field. It concludes that the NY Times was positive to Bushs motives for the war. But grew sceptical and questioned them in 2005. The discussion in the study connects this to more anti-war sources coming forward as a consequence of Bush losing the flow of information. A comparison with the Vietnam war shows that the journalists covering the Iraq war used military sources significantly more (32,3% in 2003 and 10 % in total in the Vietnam war). And questioned their sources less than in the coverage of the Vietnam war. The conclusion of the study is that the higher standard of journalism that surfaced during the Vietnam war wasn 't present at the start of the Iraq war.
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Drews, Wolfram. "Die Karolinger und die Abbasiden von Bagdad Legitimationsstrategien frühmittelalterlicher Herrscherdynastien im transkulturellen Vergleich." Berlin Akad.-Verl, 2007. http://d-nb.info/991758536/04.
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Drews, Wolfram. "Die Karolinger und die Abbasiden von Bagdad : Legitimationsstrategien frühmittelalterlicher Herrscherdynastien im transkulturellen Vergleich /." Berlin : Akademie Verlag, 2009. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9783050045603.
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Ahola, Judith. "The community of scholars : an analysis of the biographical data from the Taʻrīkh Baghdād." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7093.
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The biographical details of the 7828 individuals listed in the biographical dictionary known as the Ta'rikh Baghdad were entered in a database and used to create a profile of the hadith community of Baghdad. The thesis explains how the database was constructed and shows how the data can be used. Evidence derived from the many references to colleagues and relatives in the biographies made it possible to date most of the undated biographies, and to construct a chronological framework within which information on the origins, occupations, tribes and other personal attributes of the Khatib's subjects could be analysed. Changes in the frequency of these attributes over time were related to conversion rates, immigration, and the popular appeal of hadith study. The thesis also demonstrates the usefulness of the fortuitously dated topographical references found in the biographies. These were used with maps to show changes in residence patterns over the 320 years covered by the Ta'rikh Baghdad.
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Larsson, Sofia. "Gamar över Bagdad : En analys av berättelserna om vad som hände med Iraks kulturarv." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17506.
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This master thesis deals with the looting and destruction of the Iraqi cultural heritage in the wake of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in April 2003. My ambition is to analyse the narratives conveyed by journalists and intellectuals to see which truths that were established. Using discourse analysis methods, my aim is not to find an objective truth in the matter at hand, but rather to se which truths the writers put into view regarding the question of liability and the seriousness of the looting and destruction. This paper further discusses these truths from the perspectives of imperialism and of Edward Saids thoughts about Orientalism. It also takes a critical look at the tendencies of the writers to see whether the narratives display testimony of these assumed tendencies. The analysis finds truths that mostly blame the US forces and leaders for the destruction and looting. Some narratives claim that the US government failed to protect the cultural heritage due to indifference and ignorance, while some writers claim that the failure to act was due to US ambitions to undermine the identity of the Iraqi people, and thus impose imperialistic ruling in Iraq. The study also finds that all the writers show more or less explicit tendencies in their articles. Finally I find that some narratives show that orientalism is indeed alive in the minds of some western representatives.Uppsatsnivå: D
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Wiest, Jessica Caroline Alder. "Alexander Korda and his "Foreignized Translation" of The Thief of Bagdad (1940)." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2545.
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Adaptation studies has recently turned an eye towards translation theory for valuable discussion on the role of movie makers as translators. Such discussion notes the difficulties inherent in adapting a medium such as a book, a play, or even a theme park ride into film. These difficulties have interesting parallels to the translation of one language into another. Translation theory, in fact, can shed important light on the adaptation process. Intrinsic to translation theory is the dichotomy between domesticating translation and foreignizing translation, the two major styles of translation. Translation scholar Lawrence Venuti, the author of these two terms, argues that while the former is an "ethnocentric reduction of the foreign text to receiving cultural values, bringing the author back home," the latter is "an ethnodeviant pressure on those values to register the linguistic and cultural differences of the foreign text, sending the reader abroad" (15). Venuti suggests that foreignizing translations, ones that maintain distinct cultural difference within the translated target text, are more desirable and ultimately commit less violence on the source text and language. This paper analyzes the 1940 film The Thief of Bagdad, a British remake of a 1924 Hollywood film by the same name, for its elements of foreignizing translation. Producer Alexander Korda, acting as a kind of translator, made this film during the height of the British national film movement. Supported by this movement, and inspired by his own personal vendetta against Hollywood, Korda took an American blockbuster and re-vised it with distinctly British thematic elements. Because his ultimate audience was an American one, however, I argue that his film took an American source text, The Thief of Bagdad (1924), and foreignized it, hoping, in the process, to establish British cinema as a major player in the international film world.
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Ohlsson, Elin, and Julia Martinsson. "Offer eller offer? : En kvalitativ studie av den svenska nyhetsrapporteringens framställning av terrordåd." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-35102.
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Studien behandlar hur den svenska nyhetsrapporteringen konstruerar terrordåden i Paris respektive bombattentaten i Bagdad för att belysa eventuella skillnader. Syftet är att genom en analys av diskurserna skapa en medvetenhet kring rapporteringens konstruktioner av terrordåd i en större kontext. Studiens teoretiska ramverk består av kritisk diskursanalys som teori, postkolonialism, orientalism och medielogik för att skapa förståelse för varför det finns likheter och skillnader i nyhetsrapporteringen kring terrordåden i Paris respektive bombattentaten i Bagdad. För att ta sig an det utvalda materialet används kritisk diskursanalys som metod. Valet av nyhetsmedier gjordes utefter en effektorienterad urvalsprincip där Sveriges största morgon- och kvällstidning ligger till grund för det insamlade materialet som sammanfattat består av 12 artiklar. Resultatet består av fyra teman: förövare, offer, orsak och hot. Studien innefattar också en analys av aktörer och diskursiva strategier. Det orientalistiska perspektivet med vi och dem-tänket i fokus, samt medielogikens tekniker, tillämpas sedan i slutdiskussionen för att besvara studiens frågeställningar. Resultatet bevisar att skillnader i rapporteringen kring terrordåd i olika geografiska och kulturella områden existerar. Rapporteringen om dåden i Paris intensifieras och uppmärksammas därför mer. Vidare framställs offer och offer, samt förövare och förövare väldigt olika, vilket det orientalistiska perspektivet i slutdiskussionen spekulerar kring.
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Jahdani, Abdelouahad. "Kitâb Masāʾil al-hilâf fî usûl al-fiqh : les problèmes de divergences en méthodologie juridique de Husayn Ḅʿli al-Saymarî : présentation, analyse et édition critique." Aix-Marseille 1, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991AIX10061.
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Dans le domaine du droit musulman, la polemique juridique est l'une des sciences qui constituent la methodologie juridique. Malgre l'importance de cette sciences, rares sont les ouvrages de polemique juridique qui sont parvenus jusqu'a nous : le traite ecrit au onzieme a bagdad par le hanafite al-saymari represente l'oeuvre la plus ancienne de la discipline.
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Çakmak, Haydar. "La Turquie et l'organisation internationale : entente et pacte balkaniques, pacte de Bagdad, O.T.A.N., C.E.E., conférence islamique." Paris 10, 1993. http://www.theses.fr/1993PA100090.
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Le but de cette thèse est d'étudier la politique étrangère et la position de la Turquie dans les organisations internationales qui ont des particularités pour le pays, à savoir : l'entente et le pacte balkaniques : elle a la tâche d'étudier la politique et les relations politico-économiques de la Turquie de l'entre deux guerres et après dans les Balkans aussi bien avec les pays de la région qu'avec les grandes puissances de l'époque qui avaient des intérêts dans la région à travers l'entente et le pacte balkanique. L’O. T. A. N. Et la C. E. E. : elle étudie les relations de la Turquie avec l'occident dans les années 50 et 60 à travers les organisations. Ses relations politico-économiques et militaires, ses difficultés au sens large du terme, pour appartenir à la famille occidentale, les problèmes politico-économiques et militaires rencontres a l'époque. Ses faiblesses. Ses forces vis à vis de ses allies. Les résultats obtenus en matière économico-politique et militaire. Surtout ses efforts et ses intérêts pour entrer à l’O. T. A. N. Et à la C. E. E. Ses démarches auprès des Etats-Unis et des pays d’Europe. La politique de l'occident dans l'ensemble a l'égard de la Turquie. Leurs intérêts et leurs craintes pour la présence de la Turquie dans leurs organisations. Pacte de Bagdad : elle étudie la politique turque du Moyen-Orient, surtout ses relations avec les pays orientaux à travers le pacte. Les raisons de l'échec de sa politique dans le pacte et la politique de l'occident, particulièrement l’Angleterre, au Moyen-Orient. L'attitude des pays arabes pour le pacte et ses résultats. Conférence islamique : elle étudie l'attitude et la politique de la Turquie vis à vis des pays musulmans. Ses avantages politiques et économiques, sa position et ses activités dans la conférence. Le rôle de la conférence islamique dans la politique et l'économie turque. Le passe et le présent de la conférence islamique et les relations politico-économiques de ses membresThe object of this thesis is to study the foreign policy of turkey and its position within the international organizations that have a certain significance for the country, i. E. The Balkan agreement and pact : the thesis studies the policy of turkey and its politico-economic relations in the Balkans between the two world wars and the postwar period, both with the countries of the region and the great powers of the time who had interests in the region through the Balkan agreement and pact. Nato and the EEC : here the thesis studies the relations of turkey with the west through international organizations during the 50s and 60s. Its politico-economic and military relations, its difficulties, in the widest sense of the term, to belong to the western family and the politico-economic and military problems of the period. Its weaknesses. Its strengh vis-a-vis its allies. The results obtained in economico-political and military matters. More especially, its efforts and interest for becoming a member of nato and the EEC. Its approaches to the USA and European countries. The policy of the west as a whole with regard to turkey. The interest and fears of western countries with regard to the presence of turkey within their organizations. The Baghdad pact : here the thesis studies the Turkish policy in the middle east and in particular its relations with eastern countries through the pact. The reasons for the failure of its policy within the pact and the policy of western countries, especially
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Al-Shams, Noor. "Étude des changements phonétiques et syntaxiques intervenus dans le parler de Bagdad depuis les années 1980." Thesis, Paris 4, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA040206.
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Cette étude montre l'effet sociolinguistique de l’arabe dialectal d' Al-'aCz:amîyah sur l’arabe dialectal des Irakiens déplacés au niveau phonologique et syntaxique de la langue. Les Irakiens déplacés sont ceux qui sont arrivés au quartier d' Al-'aCz:amîyah, depuis les années quatre-vingt jusqu’ à nos jours. L'étude propose d’élucider la relation qui lie les variables sociolinguistiques au comportement linguistique des intervenants, objet de notre étude, en choisissant trois variables phonologiques et une variable syntaxique, en fonction des trois variables sociales du sexe, de l'âge et de l'éducation. L'échantillon de l'étude comprend 113 informateurs. Ces informateurs sont considérés comme étant un échantillon représentatif des Irakiens déplacés et des habitants d'origine d’Al-'aCz:amîyah. La méthode d'analyse quantitative est utilisée pour examiner et interpréter les données collectées. Le logiciel SPSS, Progiciel de statistique pour les sciences sociales, a été utilisé pour nous aider à traiter les données et évaluer l'importance de cette variation linguistique. La présente étude est structurée en quatre chapitres. Le premier chapitre est consacré à discuter le contexte sociolinguistique. La méthodologie de cette étude est abordée dans le deuxième chapitre où nous présentons les démarches suivies dans notre étude. Dans le chapitre trois et quatre, nous essayons de décrire comment les caractéristiques linguistiques de l’arabe dialectal des Irakiens déplacés se chevauchent et subissent des interactions avec les caractéristiques de l’arabe dialectal d’Al-'aCz:amîyah, et comment ces dialectes subissent des influences réciproques dans une période donnée. Ainsi, pour pouvoir comparer les deux populations celle de d’Al-'aCz:amîyah et celle des Irakiens déplacés, nous les séparons en deux chapitres. Dans le troisième chapitre, les résultats statistiques qui sont affichés et interprétés montrent les changements phonétiques et syntaxiques intervenus dans le parler arabe des habitants originaires, et dans le quatrième chapitre, les résultats affichent les changements phonétiques et syntaxiques intervenus dans le parler arabe des habitants déplacésThis study reveals the sociolinguistic effect of Al-'aCz:amîyah dialect on Iraqi displaced’s dialect in the phonological and syntactic level of language. Iraqis displaced are those who have come to d' Al-'aCz:amîyah neighborhood since the 1980s to the present day. The study shows the relationship which links the sociolinguistic variables to the linguistic behavior by choosing four phonological variables and one syntactic variable as far as the three social variables of sex, age and education are concerned. The sample of the study includes 113 informants. These informants are considered the representative sample of the Iraqis displaced and the original inhabitants of d'Al-'aCz:amîyah. The quantitative analysis method is employed to analyze and interpret the data collected. The SPSS (StatisticalPackage for the Social Sciences) software can be used to help us process the data and assess the significance of this linguistic variation. The present study is structured in four chapters: the first is devoted to discuss the sociolinguistic context. The methodology of this study was discussed in the second chapter where we present our own way that we use in our study. In chapter three and four , we try to describe how the linguistic features of the Arabic dialect of displacedIraqis overlap and undergo interactions with the features of the Arabic dialect of Al-'aCz:amîyah, how these dialects undergo reciprocal influences within a specified time limit. So to compare the two population that of Al-'aCz:amîyah and that of the Iraqis displaced, we divid them into two chapters: in the first, statistical results that are displayed and interpreted show the phonetic and syntactic changes in local dialect of the original inhabitants. While in the second chapter, these results indicate the phonic and the syntactic changes in the local dialect of the Iraqis displaced
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Barra-Pantoja, Luis Fernando. "A Re-Os Study of Sulfides from the Bagdad Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit, Northern Arizona, USA." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/249252.
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Use of Re-Os systematics in sulfides from the Bagdad porphyry Cu-Mo deposit provide information on the timing of mineralization and the source of the ore -forming elements. Analyzed samples of pyrite, chalcopyrite and molybdenite mainly from the quartz monzonite and porphyritic quartz monzonite units are characterized by a moderate to strong potassic alteration (secondary biotite and K- feldspar). Rhenium concentrations in molybdenite are between 330 and 730 ppm. Two molybdenite samples from the quartz monzonite and porphyritic quartz monzonite provide a Re-Os isotope age of 71.7 ± 0.3 Ma. A third sample from a molybdenite vein in Precambrian rocks yields an age of 75.8 ± 0.4 Ma. These molybdenite ages support previous suggestions of two mineralization episodes in the Bagdad deposit. An early event at 76 Ma and a later episode at 72 Ma. Pyrite Os and Re concentrations range between 0.008-0.016 and 3.9-6.8 ppb, respectively. Chalcopyrite contains a wide range of Os (6 to 91 ppt) and Re (1.7 to 69 ppb) concentrations and variable ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os ratios that range between 0.13 to 22.27. This variability in the chalcopyrite data may be attributed to different copper sources, one of them the Proterozoic volcanic massive sulfides in the district, or to alteration and remobilization of Re and Os. Analyses from two pyrite samples yield an eight point isochron with an age of 77 ± 15 Ma and an initial ¹⁸⁷Os/¹⁸⁸Os ratio of 2.12. This pyrite Re-Os isochron age is in good agreement with the molybdenite ages. We interpret the highly radiogenic initial 1870s/188Os as an indication that the source of Os and, by inference, the ore-forming elements for the Bagdad deposit, was mainly the crust. This conclusion agrees with previous Pb and Nd isotope studies and supports the notion that a significant part of the metals and magmas have a crustal source.
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Massoumezadeh-Kiaï, Mir-Ahmad. "Paix et guerre entre l'Iran et le monde arabe du Moyen-Orient depuis le Pacte de Bagdad." Montpellier 1, 1985. http://www.theses.fr/1985MON1A002.
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KHEDIRI, MOHAMED. "Methodologie historique et histoire officielle d'apres deux congres des historiens arabes : bagdad , mars 1973 qatar mars 1977." Paris 4, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA040332.
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Il existe une emprise de la realite vivante sur un discours historique produit en deux temps (1973 1977) et en deux lieux (bagdad qatar). Ceci a donne une dialectique espace-temps et une histoire "discontinue"; les deux se trouvent tres dependantes des conditions de la situation presente, et des problemes semantiques resultant d'une terminologie de "combat" dans des themes sociaux et sur l'identite culturelle. Dans tout cela, les donnees demeurent imperativement relativesExisting realities had an impact upon historical theorization in two different occasion (1973 1977) and in two different placces (bagdad qatar). This produced a time-space dialectic, and a "discontinueous" history. The two happen to be very dependent on the conditions of the current situation and on semantic problem resulting from a terminologie designed for the struggle oven social themes and cultural identity. In all this, data remain absolutely
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Alatas, Saadet. "Administration de l'Etat et constitution de l'orthodoxie religieuse à Bagdad sous le vizirat de Nizâm-Al Mulk (1018-1092)." Thesis, Lyon, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LYSEN081.
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Les XIe et XIIe siècles correspondent à une période durant laquelle l'orthodoxie sunnite a construit ses bases tant intellectuelles qu'institutionnelles. A cette époque où le Califat est affaibli, les Turcs Seldjoukides, en combinant l'habileté au combat des tribus turques et la tradition étatique de l'Iran, ont construit un état fort et assumé le leadership dans l'institutionnalisation du sunnisme. De manière générale, l'un des éléments saillants permettant de déterminer cette période est le fait que l'orthodoxie sunnite, qui s'institutionnalise en s'opposant fondamentalement au mutazilisme et au chiisme ou plutôt à l'une des branches du chiisme, l'ismailisme, intègre en son sein le mouvement soufi (taṣawwuf). Les personnalités mises en avant comme représentantes de cette période sont sur le plan intellectuel Ğuwaynī et Ġazālī et sur le plan politique le grand vizir seldjoukide Niẓām al-Mulk. Les Madrasas Niẓāmiyyas qui constituent l'un des traits concrets de l'institutionnalisation de l'orthodoxie sunnite, sont pour la plupart des réalisations de Niẓām al-Mulk. Celui-ci a réussi à transmettre aux générations suivantes ses réflexions sur le gouvernement de l'état et son administration grâce à son œuvre intitulée Siyāsat-nāmaThe eleventh and twelfth centuries correspond to a period during which Sunni orthodoxy built its intellectual and institutional foundations. At this time when the Khalifa was weakened, the Seljuk Turks, combining the fighting skills of the Turkish tribes and the state tradition of Iran, built a strong state and assumed leadership in the institutionalization of Sunnism. In a general way, one of the salient elements for determining this period is the fact that Sunni orthodoxy, which is institutionalized by fundamentally opposing mutazilism and Shiism or rather one of the branches of Shiism, Ismailism, integrates within it the Sufi movement. The personalities put forward as representatives of this period are on the intellectual plane Ğuwaynī and Ġazālī and politically the Grand Vizier Seljuk Niẓām al-Mulk. The Niẓāmiyyas Madrasas, which constitute one of the concrete features of the institutionalization of Sunni orthodoxy, are for the most part achievements of Niẓām al-Mulk. He managed to pass on his reflections on the state government and its administration to the following generations through his work entitled Siyāsat-nāma
XIe et XIIe siècles ler sunnite ortodoksinin hem düşünsel hem de kurumsal temelde kurulduğu bir dönemdir. Hilafetin zayıfladığı bu zaman diliminde Türkler Seldjoukides göçebe Türk boylarının savaş yeteneklerini İran devlet geleneğiyle birleştirerek güçlü bir devlet kurmuş ve sunnite ortodoksinin kurumlaşmasında siyasal öncülüğü üstlenmişlerdir. Genel olarak chiisme ama daha çok da chiismin bir kolu olan ismāʿīlisme ve mutazilisme karşıtlığı temelinde kendini kurumsallaştıran sunnite ortodoksinin, taṣawwuf hareketini kendi içine çekmesi bu sürecin karakterini belirleyen en önemli olaylardan birisidir. Düşünsel planda Ğuwaynī ve Ġazālī, politik planda da daha çok Seldjoukides lerin büyük veziri Niẓām al-Mulk dönemin simge isimleri olarak öne çıkmışlardır. Sunnite ortodoksinin kurumlaşmasının en somut göstergelerinden biri olan Madrasas Niẓāmiyyas lar büyük oranda Niẓām al-Mulk ün bir eseridir. Niẓām al-Mulk, yazdığı Siyāsat-nāma isimli kitapla devlet yönetimi hakkındaki düşüncelerini gelecek kuşaklara aktarmayı başarmıştır
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Heidemann, Stefan. "Das Aleppiner Kalifat (A. D. 1261) : vom Ende des Kalifates in Bagdad über Aleppo zu den Restaurationen in Kairo /." Leiden : E. J. Brill, 1994. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37714742k.
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Al, Dilfy Mohsen Ali Mhaibis. "L'influence de l'environnement familial, social et professionnel sur la situation psychique des instituteurs et institutrices en milieu rural et urbain de Bagdad." Paris 7, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA070081.
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Dans cette recherche, nous avons étudié comparativement "l'influence de l'environnement familial, social et professionnel sur la situation psychique des instituteurs et institutrices en milieu urbain et rural de Bagdad". - notre recherche est consacrée à l'étude des problèmes psycho-sociaux des instituteurs et des institutrices qui enseignent dans les écoles primaires irakiennes, aux enfants de (6-12ans). Les mots "enseignant", "instituteur", désignent ceux qu'on appelle "mu'alim" en Irak. Nous avons utilisé dans notre recherche la méthode analytique et descriptive, et nous avons mis en œuvre pour notre investigation, un questionnaire afin d'examiner la réalité de nos hypothèses. Nous avons utilisé les études de cas et les observations cliniques. Dans notre méthode de la recherche, nous avons décrit l'échantillon expérimental et les changements que nous avons appliqués sur notre questionnaire après l'application de notre pré-enquête. Puis nous avons décrit les échantillons représentatifs de nos sujets, dans les deux milieux "urbain et rural" de Bagdad.
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Aris, Ghassan. "De Bagdad à Tolède : aperçu historique des traducteurs, de leurs méthodes, et de leur rôle dans la transmission des patrimoines culturels grec et arabe à l'Occident." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4577.
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Rébillard, Eugénie. "Imposer l'ordre : la police dans les villes et les campagnes de l'Iraq abbasside (IIe-IVe s. / VIIIe-Xe s.)." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris 1, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021PA01H057.
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Cette thèse se propose d’examiner le rôle de la police dans la mise en place d’un ordre étatique politique, social, fiscal et moral dans les villes et les campagnes de l’Iraq abbasside (IIe-IVe/VIIIe-Xe s.). Cette institution majeure du califat a été peu étudiée. La découverte d’un manuscrit inédit, la Risālat siyāsat al-mulūk, permet d’approcher les modalités de son fonctionnement. Pour l’État abbasside, la police s’imposa vite comme un instrument indispensable à la gouvernance du territoire et au contrôle des populations qui l’occupaient. Son étude offre un nouvel éclairage sur le développement institutionnel qui caractérisa les deux premiers siècles abbassides. La police se structurait à partir du territoire qu’elle cherchait à contrôler. À Bagdad en particulier, la spatialisation de ses activités s’articulait à une spécialisation des tâches et son fonctionnement exigeait un personnel nombreux et qualifié. Longtemps réduite à sa seule dimension urbaine, la police abbasside se déployait également dans les zones rurales. L’extension de la couverture policière, motivée par la répression des révoltes qui rythmèrent les deux premiers siècles abbassides, permet de relire le processus d’intégration du territoire iraqien au sein de l’État. L’évolution des chefs de la police et de leurs pratiques se confond également avec celle de l’armée dont elle était issue. Le calife entretenait une relation singulière avec son chef de la police dont les termes changèrent au cours la période étudiée. Les crises politico-militaires affectèrent durablement les pratiques policières qui cristallisaient les oppositions. La police devait également se définir par rapport au droit. Le chef de la police était chargé de sanctionner les contrevenants à la norme juridique, envisagée comme dynamique, et les opposants à l’ordre politique et social que cherchait à imposer l’ÉtatThis thesis examines the role of the police in the establishment of a political, social, fiscal and moral state order in the cities and countryside of Abbasid Iraq (2nd-4th / 8th-10th centuries). This major institution of the caliphate has been little studied. The discovery of an unpublished manuscript, the Risālat siyāsat al-mulūk, allows us to approach the modalities of its functioning. For the Abbasid State, the police force soon became an indispensable instrument for the governance of the territory and the control of its populations. Its study sheds new light on the institutional development that characterized the first two Abbasid centuries. The police were structured around the territory it sought to control. In Baghdad in particular, the spatialization of its activities was linked to a specialization of its tasks, and its operation required a large and qualified staff. For a long time, the Abbasid police force was considered as a urban institution, but its action was also effective in rural areas. The extension of police coverage, motivated by the repression of the revolts that punctuated the first two Abbasid centuries, allows us to reconsider the process of integration of the Iraqi territory within the Abbasid state. The evolution of the police chiefs and theirs practices is also linked to that of the army from which it was derived. The caliph had a singular relationship with his police chief, the terms of which changed during the period under study. The political-military crises had a lasting effect on police practices, which crystallized oppositions. The police also had to define themselves in relation to the law. The chief of police was responsible for punishing those who violated the legal norm, seen as dynamic, and those who opposed the political and social order that the State sought to impose
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Rahouti, Abderrahim. "Un poète d'origine persane à Bagdad au Ve/XIe siècle Abû l-Hasan Mihyâr b. Marzawayh al-Kâtib al-Fârisî dit Mihyâr al-Daylamî : l'homme, l'oeuvre, analyse de la poésie amoureuse." Paris 8, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994PA08A903.
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Consacre a une figure importance de la poesie arabe medievale du v xi siecle, abu l-hasan mihyar b. Marzawayh al-katib, la presente these comporte trois parties: 1- la premiere partie consiste en une presentation critique des informations biographiques dont nous disposons sur mihyar et une tentative d evaluation globale du personnage, notamment du point de vue de son identite culturelle et religieuse 2- la deuxieme partie est consacres a une presentation generale de l oeuvre; une etude statistique qui porte sur le volume de l oeuvre; et sur l etendue du poeme et les themes poetiques 3- la troiseme partie consiste en une analyse de la poesie amoureuse de mihyar fondee essentiellement sur les travaux de c. G. Jung et h. CorbinDevoten to an important figure of the mediavel arabic poetry in the v xi centry namely abu l-hasan mihyar b. Marzawayh al-katib al-farisi, this dissertation is made up of three parts: 1- the first part consists, on the one hand, in a critical presentation of the biographical information which we possess about mihyar; and on the other hand, in an attempt to evaluate from a general point of the view character, namely from the point of view his religious and cultural identity. 2- the second part composes a general presentation of the work in addition to a statistical analysis that verbs with the volume, the extant of the poem and poetic themes. 3- the third part, made in the framework of the writing of c. G. Jung and h. Corbin, is concerned with analysis of mihyar love poetry
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Gobran, Yakota. "L'autorité aš‘arite au Ve/XIe siècle. Attributs divins et statut du Coran au cœur des débats contre les mu‘tazilites et les ḥanbalites dits anthropomorphistes." Thesis, Paris, INALCO, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019INAL0019.
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Depuis plus d'un demi-siècle, l'idée dominante dans le monde de la recherche sur l'Islam médiéval, consiste à regarder la résurgence de l'autorité califale abbaside sunnite, opérée à Bagdad au Ve/XIe siècle en réaction à l'ingérence bouwayhide shiite, comme une victoire du ḥanbalisme. Cette école, purement traditionaliste selon l'orientaliste G. Makdisi, aurait triomphé en parallèle d'un bannissement sans appel du muʿtazilisme, certes, mais aussi de l'ašʿarisme, pourtant sunnite. Auraient été mis en cause, pense-t-on, le maniement par ses adeptes du kalām (usage de procédés rationalistes), mais surtout leur doctrine relative au statut du Coran (créé ou incréé). La présente thèse consiste en l'étude de la place réelle de l'acteur ašʿarite, de son degré d'intégration dans le paysage politique et religieux de l'époque et de ses orientations théologiques au sujet des attributs divins en général. Les conclusions qui se sont imposées réfutent désormais l'idée acceptée jusqu'alors et attestent du prestige et du succès de l'école ašʿarite auprès du pouvoir abbaside ainsi que son adhésion aux fondamentaux adoptés par ce même pouvoir au sujet des attributs divins et du Coran en tant que Parole divine. Par la même occasion, elles démontrent que l'école ḥanbalite de cette époque était loin de constituer un bloc homogène: de sérieuses divergences théologiques déchiraient ses partisans au sujet des attributs divins. Pour comble, au sein de cette école, une doctrine insolite au sujet du Coran, dont les germes furent pourtant dénoncés du vivant de l'imām Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal, était en pleine phase de théorisation, clandestinement selon toute vraisemblanceAmong the prevailing views of the research community in the field of Medieval Islam, for more than half a century, was to consider the resurgence of the sunni caliphate authority, which occurred in Bagdad during the 5th/11th century responsively to the intrusion of the buwayhid shia, as a victory for ḥanbalism. This School, purely traditionalist according to G. Makdisi, would have triumphed along with a parallel banishment of the muʿtazilism, but also of another sunni trend : the ašʿarism, for its use of the kalām (rationalism), and its view about the nature of the Koran. We here draw up a portrait of the real place of the ašʿarism, of its religious and political integration, and of its doxa, and this finally will lead us to discover the success of this school next to the abbasid authority, with which common views about the Koran were in fact shared. Our work furtherly highlights serious points of difference undermining the alleged unity of the ḥanbali school and, to make matters worse, reveals within the ḥanbali community a singular and presumably clandestine doctrine about the Koran, which was nevertheless spoken out against by imām Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal himself
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Al-Taie, Husham [Verfasser], and Günter [Akademischer Betreuer] Giesenfeld. "Bagdad und der arabische Raum als fiktive Orte in der deutschen Literatur an ausgewählten Beispielen : „West-östlicher Divan" von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe und „Märchen-Almanach" von Wilhelm Hauff / Husham Al-Taie ; Betreuer: Günter Giesenfeld." Marburg : Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1140834878/34.
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McSorley, Andrew. "Deer Hunting in Baghdad." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1132.
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Deer Hunting in Baghdad is a collection of poems dealing with both autobiographical and fictional responses to death. The collection includes poems that primarily address the period closely following the death of the author's father, as well as poems that focus on a largely fictional narrative centered around the character of the author's brother. These poems explore the journey of the brother character through his participation in the second Iraq war, and a subsequent delusion that causes him to convince himself that his father had never died. These poems focus on themes of family, death, religion, trauma, survival, and PTSD.
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Albayati, Dhyaa Molan. "Urban Form and Insecurity: A Case Study of Three Districts in Baghdad." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366101.
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The research examines three districts in Baghdad, Iraq and poses three hypotheses: 1) urban form and structure impacts on the ability of residents to defend themselves; 2) adopted social behaviour of residents during times of terrorism affects social activity and hence urban structure; and 3) counter-terrorism measures used during times of terrorism affects urban form.
The research used a combination of fieldwork, surveys and interviews to confirm that the daily life and behaviour of residents of the three case study areas were significantly influenced by terrorist acts and counter-terrorism measures. However these influences varied by district and the results confirm that these differences were related to urban form. The results also show that the impacts of counter-terrorism measures are diverse and their impact is also dependent on urban form.
The research shows that despite the magnitude and scale of terrorist attacks within the case study areas, Rusafa (traditional form) and Falestin (mixed traditional/modern form) were more secure than Haifa (modern form).
The research is significant in two ways. First, at the local level it provides the evidence
to inform individuals about the appropriate building materials, housing style and neighbourhood form and structure that will minimise the impacts of terrorism Second, it provides research on previously unknown challenges and responses within diverse urban districts. This can bridge the knowledge gap regarding what happens within different urban forms during periods of insecurity and terrorism.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
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Constán-Nava, Antonio. "Edición diplomática, traducción y estudio de la obra Nişāb al-ajbār wa-taḏkirat al-ajyār de Ibn al-Şabbāḥ (s. IX H./XV e.C.)." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/45388.
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La tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo la edición, traducción y estudio de la obra de viajes autobiográfica Nişāb al-ajbār wa-taḏkirat al-ajyār del converso al islam Abd Allāh Ibn al-Şabbāḥ, peregrino asceta que recorrió el mundo árabe musulmán en el s.XV, en base al manuscrito unicum en árabe depositado en la Bibliotèque Nationale de Túnez. En primer lugar se hace una edición diplomática del unicum, con abundantes apreciaciones y correcciones en notas a pie de página de la riḥla (relato de viajes). En segundo lugar, se aporta una traducción al español y, por último, se incluye un estudio en el que se pone de manifiesto el origen setabense del autor, se fija una cronología para el autor y obra, se estudian las peculiaridades lingüísticas del unicum así como las fases en la composición de la obra y se estudian las ilustraciones de la Meca, Medina, Hebrón y Jerusalén que están reflejadas en el manuscrito
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Ridha, Mohaned. "The negation in Muslim Baghdad Arabic." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-234363.
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The aim of the thesis is to study the negation in Muslim Baghdad Arabic variety. Iraqi Arabic variety has several different varieties because of the different ethnicities and religions in Iraq therefore the scope of the thesis has been limited to investigate just one type of Baghdad Arabic variety which is Muslim Baghdad Arabic (MBA). I used text analysis as a method in order to investigate the negation (system) in Muslim Baghdad Arabic variety. The material used was a book by McCarthy (1965) ‘Spoken Arabic of Baghdad, Anthology of text’. I also used Abu-Haidar’s article ‘Negation in Iraqi Arabic’ which is the most relevant work to my thesis as a starting point and for comparison with my discussion. The thesis has presented three different types of results. (i) There were some similar results that have been presented in both my thesis and the previous studies. (ii) There were some different results about some matters between my thesis and the previous studies. (iii) There were some new results in this thesis that have not been presented in any other studies.
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Ali, Ammar Adel. "Morphology of Tigris River inside Baghdad City." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Geoteknologi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-25995.
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Tigris and Euphrates rivers represent the artery of life in Iraq. Tigris River rises from Turkey and flows toward the southeast to enter Iraq. It drains a catchment area of 473 100 km² of which about 58% lies in Iraq. In this study the reach, about 50 km long, of the river inside Baghdad was been studied. It starts at Al-Muthana Bridge and ends at Tigris-Diyala River confluence. Generally, the river reach is part of an alluvial plain, single channel and meandering. The bed material of the river is composed mainly of fine sand and small portion of silt and clay. Other significant features of the reach are the growing islands and bank depositions. Recently water resources of Iraq are negatively affected by climatic changes and the huge water projects in the riparian countries. As a result, the flow of Tigris River at Baghdad city has significantly decreased where the average monthly flow is 520 m³/s for the period 2000-2012 which represents about 50% reduction compared to previous periods. The estimated trend for the average monthly discharges is a reduction of 5.4 % during the last 23 years. Low flow and low water levels have enhanced the water to erode the banks below its protected part. This might affect the future stability of the banks. The drop of the river discharge together with debris from the last wars in 1991 and 2003 enhanced the growing of islands in the river. In this research, changes in the morphology of Tigris River within Baghdad are to be investigated and the causes will be highlighted in order to take the right measures to restore the river system. This is a first step toward studying the hydrological characteristics of the reach. One-dimensional gradually varied flow model, using HEC-RAS, was applied to examine the flood capacity and the possibilities of inundation of the banks. The geometry of the river was represented by the findings from the river survey of 2008. Additional data about the locations and dimensions of the bridges were supplied to the model. The average monthly discharge at Sarai Baghdad for the years 2000-2012 was assumed as the base flow. A range of different scenarios were examined by increasing the discharges in order to determine the critical discharge that may cause inundation. Model calibration was achieved by adjusting the Manning’s roughness coefficient for an observed water surface profile along the lowest part of the reach. The associated error with the computed water surface profiles was in order 0.026m. Additional water level observations at Sarai Baghdad were used for verification purposes. It was found that the discharges higher than 2700 m3/s could cause partial inundation in some areas in the northern part of the reach and these areas extend to approximately 9 km for discharges greater than 3500 m3/s. The southern part of the reach is still safe from inundation for discharges below 3500 m3/s. The slope of water surface profile varies from 6.03 to 10 cm/km for discharges between 400 and 4000 m3/s respectively. In this study, a field survey was conducted between May, 2012 and January, 2013. It involved the installation of 25 bench marks, surveying the upper river banks (from the crest of the stony protection to the water surface) and 250 cross sections. Three kinds of samples were collected at this stage work: (i) river bed material, (ii) suspended load samples and (iii) bed loads samples. Hydraulic measurements were conducted and included water surface elevations, water depths at sampling points, water discharges and transversal velocities. Water temperature and other environmental measurements were also conducted. Particle size distribution, specific gravity and concentration of suspended sediment were executed in the laboratory for the collected samples.Godkänd; 2013; 20130514 (ammali); Tillkännagivande licentiatseminarium 2013-05-22 Nedanstående person kommer att hålla licentiatseminarium för avläggande av teknologie licentiatexamen. Namn: Ammar Adel Ali Ämne: Geoteknik/Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Uppsats: Morphology of Tigris River inside Baghdad City Examinator: Professor Sven Knutsson, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: Dr. PhD Govand H. M. Sherwani, G. D. of Scholarships, Ministry of Higher Education – KRG, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq Tid: Tisdag den 18 juni 2013 kl 10.00 Plats: F1031, Luleå tekniska universitet
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Leisch, Friedrich. "Bagged clustering." SFB Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 1999. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1272/1/document.pdf.
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A new ensemble method for cluster analysis is introduced, which can be interpreted in two different ways: As complexity-reducing preprocessing stage for hierarchical clustering and as combination procedure for several partitioning results. The basic idea is to locate and combine structurally stable cluster centers and/or prototypes. Random effects of the training set are reduced by repeatedly training on resampled sets (bootstrap samples). We discuss the algorithm both from a more theoretical and an applied point of view and demonstrate it on several data sets. (author's abstract)Series: Working Papers SFB "Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science"
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Eddy, John Michael. "FROM PHILADELPHIA TO BAGHDAD - A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME A SCENIC DESIGN FOR BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/314214.
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The goal of this thesis is to document, analyze and interpret the process that led to the realized scenic design of Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, produced by Temple University Department of Theater, and presented at the Adrienne Theater as part of the Philadelphia Fridge Festival. I will discuss each part of the design and the production process, as well as the technical rehearsal process, while objectively analyzing the choices made by the production team and myself.
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Al-Nassar, Abdul-Kareem Abdul-Sada. "Adjustment of labour migrants in Baghdad city, Iraq." Thesis, University of Hull, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384984.
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Connelly, Coleman. "Contesting the Greek Past in Ninth-Century Baghdad." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493255.
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From the eighth century through the tenth, the ‘Abbāsid capital of Baghdad witnessed the translation, in unprecedented numbers, of Greek philosophical, medical, and other scientific texts into Arabic, often via a Syriac intermediary. Muslim and sometimes Christian patrons from all sectors of ‘Abbāsid high society paid princely sums to small groups of Graeco-Arabic translators, most of whom were Syriac-speaking Christians. In this diverse ‘Abbāsid milieu, who could claim to own the Greek past? Who could claim to access it legitimately? Who were the Greeks for ‘Abbāsid intellectuals and how did the monumental effort to translate them make or fail to make the Greek past a part of the ‘Abbāsid present?
This dissertation is divided into three chapters, each investigating a distinct ninth-century approach to accessing the Greek past. Chapter 1 investigates ninth-century narratives attempting to explain how the Greek sciences came to flourish in ‘Abbāsid Mesopotamia. Against this backdrop, I shed new light on the polymath and patron of translation al-Kindī and his attempts to claim direct access to the Greeks via both an abstract teleology inspired by Aristotle and a concrete genealogy that connected his ancestral tribe of Kinda to the Greeks. In Chapter 2, I analyze other Muslim intellectuals, such as the litterateur al-Jāḥiẓ, who radically doubt the ability of Graeco-Arabic translators—the majority of whom, once again, were Christians—to provide such access to the Greek past. I argue that previous commentators on these critiques have missed their subtext, namely the Islamic concept of taḥrīf whereby Christians are held to have corrupted the Bible in order to transmit a distorted version of the prophetic past that contradicts God’s ultimate revelation, the Qur’ān. Finally, in Chapter 3, I investigate the attitudes toward translation and the Greek past of the Ḥunayn circle of Graeco-Arabic translators, who do in fact alter Greek cultural elements in the texts they translate, presenting an idealized version of the Greek past which both Christians and Muslims can claim.Classics
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Korin, Tania. "Tradition and modernity -- : what it meant to be an educated Baghdadi Jew in the late nineteenth to early-mid twentieth century." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112403.
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The late 19th and early 20th century was a time of change for the Jewish people of Baghdad. Cultural influences from Europe and North America were making their presence felt and some Jewish Baghdadis actively sought to incorporate these into their personal and professional lives. To facilitate this process of acculturation, the Jewish community established schools that provided both a western education and a Jewish one. This essay studies these schools and considers the larger challenges that the community faced in seeking to be both western and Jewish while living in the Arab world. A brief history of the Jews of Baghdad and their standing in the city through the ages is also included.
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Alneamy, Fajir Jodah Alwan. "The 'ruralization' of the city : with special reference to Baghdad." Thesis, University of Hull, 1993. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5662.
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This study is an investigation of the influence of traditional values on urban life in Iraq, with special reference to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Very much has been said about the function of the city as a social form exerting an independent causal effect on other forms of social organisation and on behaviour. The classical urban sociologists believed that city dwelling was likely to eliminate traditional family construction, kinship system and conventional behaviour. The present study attempts to test these assumptions - through a comparative analysis of three different groups of household heads : urban natives [city born], migrants and villagers [control group]- and to recognize the diffusion of traditional values, norms and customs in urban dwellers' behaviour and attitudes, as reacted in the contacts and social relationships among them. Baghdad has a long urban history, dating back more than a thousand years, although it has declined and been devastated several times during its history. After 1258 A. D, successive invasions by Persian and Ottoman armies destroyed the city and compelled most of its inhabitants to flee, either to other agglomerate centres or to small towns and villages. As a result, Baghdad in the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century was no more than a collection of small hamlets. However, the city faced new era of increase and urbanization after the First World War, due to two main factors: a) the rapid and vast increase, in migration from rural to urban areas since the end of second world war; b) the natural increase which reflects the improvement in health economy and education. The process of urbanization in Iraq, particularly Baghdad, has developed even more rapidly in the last four decades, mainly because of successive waves of rural migrants, especially from the southern regions: Mysan, Wasit, Thi-Qar, Muthana and Qadisya. Migrants predominate demographically and socially in the city, and most of the city's inhabitants have a deep-rooted rural background. In moving to the city, they have taken with them the attitudes, values, norms and beliefs of their villages, so that the cities have become, in effect, huge villages. In other words, in Iraqi cities, especially Baghdad, the process of urbanization has not necessarily been accompanied by "urbanism" as a way of life. Thus, in the major cities in Iraq, particularly Baghdad which has more migrants than any other, traditional values are sharply reflected in the social behaviour, and in most aspects of lifestyle. Thus the thesis is concerned with the similarities and differences between the three sets of household heads; it dwells on their rural or urban origins, their education, age, sex, occupation, income and their attitude toward many aspects of social organization. To test the diffusion of traditional characteristics among the indigenous of Baghdad city, in relation to the factors outlined above, the thesis accords priority to four salient issues: a) family organization, including the family structure, power, and authority, women's roles, and patterns of marriage ; b) kinship networks in city social life, among those in both rural and urban categories; kinship control over marriage, loyalty and nepotism, mutual aid and obligations. c) attitudes to neighbours and neighbourhood participation and relationships, including the role of neighbours as a source of social control ; d) attitude to social time, with reference to differences in social activities, such as work, leisure, punctuality, keeping appointments and general outlook on the dimension of time. These issues might shed light on our assumption that Baghdad city is deeply exposed to what has been called "the ruralization of the city".
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Salman, Nadia R. "RETHINKING THE URBAN IDENTITY OF BAGHDAD IN THE 21ST CENTURY." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1409234638.
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Ganey, Terry. "Saigon to Baghdad comparing combat correspondents' experiences in Vietnam and Iraq /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5794.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on September 2, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.
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Attewell, Wesley. "Wandering the streets of "Baghdad" : space, representation, and the colonial present." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13851.
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In this thesis, I will explore the triangular relationship between space, representational practices, and the colonial present. I will grapple with a few key research questions: how do we, as Westerners, represent the “other”? How, in turn, do we represent “ourselves”? How have these representational practices shaped the conduct of the War on Terror? And finally, how are (neo)colonial struggles over the politics of representation intricately bound up with questions of geography?
By focusing my attention upon the recent invasion, and subsequent occupation of Iraq, I hope to offer a historico-geographically responsible, as well as anti-essentialist, reading of three distinct “digital spaces”: two blogs (Riverbend’s Baghdad Burning and Colby Buzzell’s My War: Killing Time in Iraq) and Multi-National Force Iraq’s YouTube channel.
Here, I will argue that, to paraphrase Edward Said, broader geographical struggles, over forms, over images, and over imaginings are not only being dispersed around the globe, they are also being fractured and subsequently contested on a more micro-scale in these new digital battlegrounds. As I hope to demonstrate over the course of this thesis, social media websites such as blogs and YouTube must conceptualized not only as political, but also as antipolitical spaces, in that they both encourage and stifle critical debate on issues pertaining to late modern warfare. Furthermore, the discursive dimensions of geographical struggle must be brought into (vexed) relation with its material dimensions (i.e., armies moving across space), and it is the mutually constitutive nature of this relationship that I will emphasize in this thesis: in other words, the conduct of late modern warfare is not only influenced by, but also influences, the deployment of representational practices.
Ultimately, I argue that the increasing importance of the so-called “social media” (i.e., blogs, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as digital spaces of (anti?)politics enables us, as critical human geographers, to produce a genuinely human geography, and to think about space, the body, and representational practices in very different ways.
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Canton, James. "From Cairo to Baghdad : British Travel Writing on Arabia, 1882-2003." Thesis, University of Essex, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.495574.
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From Cairo to Baghdad explores British travel writing on Arabia, from 1882 when Britain occupied Egypt until the invasion of Iraq by British troops in 2003. The work is a gentle untying of the entanglement of travel writing on Arabia and British imperial history, for the two are intricately linked. As British imperial activity flourished in Arabia from the First World War to the 1930s, so too British travel writing thrived. Britain's departure, commencing in the 1950s, saw a distinct decline in the production of travel texts, and the gradual evolution of the post-imperial travelogue. Eight chapters provide a rich map of British' travel writing across Arabia from 1882 to 2003. Chapter 1 explores religious-based travel texts, including works by Marmaduke Pickthall, Charles Doughty, Arthur Wavell and Eldon Rutter. Chapter 2 details Bertram Thomas and Harry St John Philby's competition to cross the Empty Quarter. Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands (1959) is seen as expressing a form of . imperial nostalgia. Chapter 3 examines imperial wars, viewing T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926) alongside Keith Douglas's Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) and ending with an observation of the Suez War (1956). Chapter 4 studies the modernising of twentieth-century Arabia: trains, cars, airplanes, oil and petrodollars. In Chapter 5, Gertrude Bell is discussed alongside an impressive array of women travellers including Margaret Fountaine, Rosita Forbes and Freya Stark. Chapter 6 compares British travellers' depictions of Baghdad and the marshes of southern Iraq, while Chapter 7 examines explorations in southern Arabia which ventured beyond Aden, highlighting the travels of Theodore and Mabel Bent, Walter Harris and Wyman Bury. The concluding Chapter 8 uses interviews conducted with William Dalrymple, Colin Thubron, Jonathan Raban and Tim Mackintosh-Smith to investigate the evolution of the post-imperial travel text in the light of the Saidian paradigm.
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Najjār, Jamīl Mūsá. "al-Idārah al-ʻUthmānīyah fī wilāyāt Baghdād min ʻahd al-Wālī Midḥat Bāshā ilá nihāyat al-ḥukm al-ʻUthmānī, 1869-1917 /." al-Qāhirah : Maktabat Madbūlī, 1991. http://books.google.com/books?id=cs0KAAAAIAAJ.
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Tibi, Selma. "The medicinal use of opium by Baghdad physicians in the ninth century." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.270570.
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