Timeline of Mosul

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Mosul, Iraq.

Prior to 16th century

16th–19th centuries

  • 1516 - Ottomans in power.[6]
  • 1535 - Ottoman administrative Mosul Eyalet created.
  • 1623 - Mosul taken by Persian forces (approximate date).[7]
  • 1625 - Persians ousted; Ottomans in power again.[7]
  • 1719 - Sari Mustafa becomes governor.[8]
  • 1730 - Hussein Jalili appointed governor.
  • 1733 - Mosul besieged by forces of Nadir Khan.[7]
  • 1743 - Siege of Mosul (1743) by Persian forces.[7]
  • 1745 - Battle of Mosul (1745) fought in vicinity of city.
  • 1826 - Unrest; governor Yahya al-Jalili ousted.[7]
  • 1839 - Ottoman administrative reform begins per Edict of Gülhane.[6]
  • 1854 - "Rebellion" against administrative reform.[6]

20th century

  • 1920 - Population: 703,378 in vilayet (province).[9]
  • 1926 - Mosul becomes part of the Kingdom of Iraq per League of Nations ruling.
  • 1947 - Population: 133,625 in city; 595,190 in province.[10]
  • 1957 - Mosul football club formed.
  • 1960 - Ash-Shabibah newspaper published.
  • 1965 - Population: 264,146.[11]
  • 1967 - University of Mosul founded.
  • 1969
    • Mosul Spring Festival begins.
    • National Insurance Company built.[3]
  • 1970 - Population: 310,313 (estimate).[12]
  • 1986 - Mosul Dam begins operating near city.
  • 1987 - Population: 664,221.[13]

21st century

See also

References

  1. Bosworth 2007.
  2. Griffin 1996.
  3. "Mosul". ArchNet. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. Saeed Al-Dewachi. "Mosul". Oxford Art Online. Missing or empty |url= (help) Retrieved 23 June 2017
  5. Dougherty 2013.
  6. Shields 2000.
  7. Agoston 2009.
  8. Khoury 1997.
  9. "Mesopotamia". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 via HathiTrust.
  10. "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  11. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  12. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
  13. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2001. United Nations Statistics Division.
  14. Iraq police and gunmen die in Mosul clashes, BBC News, 25 April 2013
  15. "Iraq Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  16. "Mosul's landmark Great Mosque of al-Nuri to be rebuilt", BBC News, 24 April 2018
This article incorporates information from the Arabic Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century
Published in 20th century
Published in 21st century
  • Peter Sluglett (2002), "Mosul", in David Levinson and Karen Christensen (ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Asia, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, ISBN 0684806177
  • Reeva S. Simon (2004), "Mosul", in Philip Mattar (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa, NY: Macmillan Reference USA, ISBN 0028657691
  • C. Edmund Bosworth, ed. (2007). "Mosul". Historic Cities of the Islamic World. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. pp. 412+. ISBN 978-9004153882.
  • Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley, eds. (2008). "Mosul". Cities of the Middle East and North Africa. Santa Barbara, USA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1576079195.
  • Gabor Agoston; Bruce Alan Masters, eds. (2009). "Mosul". Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Facts on File. p. 394–395. ISBN 978-1-4381-1025-7.
  • "Mosul". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. 2009.
  • Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (2013). "Mawsil". Historical Dictionary of Iraq (2nd ed.). Maryland, USA: Scarecrow Press. p. 422. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.

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