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      Maps

      Family tree

      Chronology

      Prologue

      Book One: Fallen Pomegranates

      1 Duty Calls: A Busy Day for Abdul Hussein (1913)

      2 Stacking Rifles: Hadi and the War (1914–1916)

      3 All That is Good Will Happen: A Marriage Prospect (1916)

      4 Sugared Almonds and Jasmine: Bibi and Hadi’s Wedding (1916)

      5 A Giant Broken: The End of the Ottomans (1917–1918)

      Book Two: Replanting Eden

      6 Café Chantant: The British in Baghdad (1918) 77

      7 Rebellion: Fighting for Freedom (1919–1920) 86

      8 A New King for a New Country: From Mesopotamia to Iraq (1920–1921)

      9 Fesanjoon, a Royal Luncheon: Faisal Visits Kazimiya (1921)

      10 Banished: Out of Kazimiya (1922–1924)

      11 Accidents of Nature: The Baghdad Boil (1925–1926)

      12 In Between: A Home Between Two Cities (1926–1929)

      13 Stolen Hopes: A Young Life Lost (1928–1929)

      14 Bursting Energy: Hadi’s Growing Empire (1931–1933)

      15 Prison: Uninvited Guests at a Feast (1935–1936)

      16 Carefree: Growing Up in the Golden Age (1936–1938)

      17 A Dark Cloud: The End of a Generation (1938–1939)

      18 A New Home: The Shadow of Death (1937–1939)

      Book Three: A Dangerous Garden

      19 Mountains and Floods: Domestic Changes (1939–1941)

      20 Blood and Salons: Mounting Tensions (1941)

      21 An Education Overseas: Mixed Fortunes (1941–1945)

      22 Love in Strange Quarters: Of Marriage and Other Unions (1946–1947)

      23 The Girl on the Bridge: Anger on the Streets (1947–1949)

      24 Precious Things: Towards a New World (1950–1951)

      25 Storm Clouds Gathering: Family Feuds and Revolution (1952–1956)

      26 Defiance: A Crisis and a Key (1956)

      27 Revolution: Slaughter of a Family (1958)

      Book Four: Fields of Wilderness

      28 Lost Lands: Seeking Shelter (1958)

      29 Migration: Precious Cargo (1958)

      30 Hunger Pangs: Yearning for Home (1958)

      31 Arrivals and Departures: The Importance of Contacts (1958–1959)

      32 Escape to Nowhere: The Threat of the Clown Court (1959)

      33 A Temporary Home: Visits to the Park (1959)

      34 Return to the Shrine: A Life by the Sea (1959–1963)

      35 Of Carpets and New Blood: The Emergence of New Patterns (1967)

      36 The Ruins of Kufa: A Coup and a Birth (1968–1972)

      37 Civil War: A Shattered Sanctuary (1975–1982)

      38 Creased Maps: A Move to a Different Land (1980s)

      39 Lessons in Humility: The Loss of Everything Precious (1980s)

      40 The Mortality of Gods: Burials of the Banished (1988)

      41 The Lost Talisman: When Everything is Taken (1989–1992)

      42 A Question of Identity: In Search of a Way to Be (1990–2009)

      Epilogue

      Glossary of Iraqi Terms

      Acknowledgments

      Searchable Terms

      About the Author

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      Maps

      CHALABI FAMILY TREE

      Chronology

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12345>В конец

1833	Ali Chalabi is born.
1869–72	Midhat Pasha, Ottoman governor in Baghdad, launches a series of much needed reforms aimed at modernization.
1879	Abdul Hussein is born.
1898	Hadi is born.
1900	Bibi is born.
1908	The Young Turks or CUP (Committee of Union and Progress) Revolt occurs.
1909	Persian Constitutional Revolution takes place in Iran.
1911	Bibi’s father, Sayyid Hassan al-Bassam, dies.
1912	The Turkish Petroleum Company is formed for oil exploration. Its main partners are British and Dutch.