« La Forteresse de Dimdim ou l’épopée héroïque de Khan-Au-Bras-d’or ». The Journal of Kurdish Studies, V, 2005, pp. 1-18, introduction par Joyce Blau.
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Christine Allison, « « La Forteresse de Dimdim ou l’épopée héroïque de Khan-Au-Bras-d’or ». The Journal of Kurdish Studies, V, 2005, pp. 1-18, introduction par Joyce Blau. », Abstracta Iranica, ID : 10.4000/abstractairanica.21341
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As the introduction explains, this article reproduces a lecture given by Thomas Bois at SOAS in 1972, and which remained unpublished at his death in 1975. Unusually for a Kurdish historical event commemorated in oral literature, the taking of castle Dimdim and the massacre of its inhabitants by Šāh ‘Abbās in 1609CE is also recounted in a written source, by Iskandar Beg Munšī, who witnessed the events concerned. Bois makes a very thorough comparison of various folkloric versions of the tale wi...