The Kurd’s Position on the Revolutions and Uprisings in Iraq: July 14 Revolution and Al- Shawaf Uprising as a Case Study 1958/1959

The research aims to shed light on the most prominent Kurdish attitudes towards political events in Iraq, especially the revolution of July 14, 1958, and al-Shawaf uprising in 1959, and the repercussions of these positions on the relations between Iraqi governments and Kurdish forces in that era. The importance of the research comes from the specificity of the stage it covers in which the country witnessed a state of political conflict and instability, which resulted in the fall of the monarchy and its repercussions on the political situation in Iraq and the position of the Kurds on those events. The research consisted of a preface and two sections, the first one is about the position of the Kurds on the revolution of July 14, 1958. The second section is about the Kurds and the uprising of Abdul Wahab al-Shawaf in Mosul in 1959. The research came out with several results, the most significant of which is that the Kurds' stand with the new political system and their support for the new republican system, as well as their stand against al-Shawaf uprising in Mosul, was intended to obtain their rights and demands, which were long rejected by the monarchy before its fall in 1958.