TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Prime Minister 'Abd al-Mu.sin al-Sa'd.n's Suicide Note : Life and Death of a Turkish-Speaking Iraqi Nationalist
JO  - Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Mediterranee
A1  - Schlaepfer, A.
SP  - 87
EP  - 110
VL  - 
IS  - 148
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0997-1327
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/REMMM.15195
ID  - ref1
ER  -