Anti-Shiism in Iraq under the monarchy

In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 24, Heft 2, S. 249-253

Abstract

The article sheds light on th increasing Shiite discontent with their subordinate position in the state during the last years of the monarchical regime in Iraq. Sunni fear of Shiite encroachment on ministries and positions of power inside the government ran high particularly under the premierships of Salih Jabr and Tawfiq as-Suwaydi in the last 40s and early 50s. The article includes a lengthy and hitherto unpublished despatch from the then British ambassador at Baghdad, Sir Henry Mack, in which what is considered to be an exception in British diplomacy full notice is taken of the above problem so central to Iraqi politics. (DÜI-Asd)