Citation

Schlaepfer A. Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Mediterranee 2020; (148): 87-110.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020)

DOI

10.4000/REMMM.15195

PMID

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Abstract

More than a decade after the withdrawal of Ottoman administration from the Empire's Iraqi provinces, in November 1929, Iraqi Prime Minister, 'Abd al-Mu.sin al-Sa'd.n committed suicide by shooting himself to the heart, leaving a note in Ottoman Turkish to his son 'Al.. This article explores the dynamics for a "Hashemite memory of state" under the monarchy of Fay.al, centered on a supposedly homogenous and immemorial Arabness. In particular, I ask whether there could have existed, in the shadow of official memory, a multiplicity of marginal memories. A close reading of the Prime Minister's political and personal trajectory-between his Ottoman Turkish socio-political background and the mounting tensions with Southern Iraqi Shi'ite leadership-exposes complex issues of identity politics behind claims of Arabness. The legacy of the Turkish language: Amnesia or indifference. © 2020 Editions Edisud. All rights reserved.

Language: fr

Keywords

Suicide; Arab; Iraq; Nationalism; Abd Al-Mu Sin Al-Sa'd.N; Ottoman; Prime Minister; Shia; Turk