Geographical, historical, and cultural background
The social organization of the Kurds
The suppression of the semiautonomous regimes in Kurdistan
Shaykh ʻUbayd Allah of Nehri
The impact of the young Turk revolution on Kurdish nationalism
The Kurds and World War I
The situation of the Kurds in Turkey, Persia, and Syria after World War I
Disturbances in the Mosul and Arbil Divisions of Iraqi Kurdistan after World War I
Shaykh Mahmud and the rise and fall of the south Kurdish confederation in Iraqi Kurdistan after World War I
Shaykh Mahmud's second rebellion
The Kurdish rebellions in Turkey
The Barzani rebellion of 1931-1932
The Barzani rebellion of Mulla Mustafa, 1943-1945, and the growth of Kurdish political organizations
The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad
The Kurds and the Kurdish question after the fall of Mahabad.