Course Description // dr. Rahim Khalaf Kazem Al-Sharaa
1. Educational Institution, Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) University - Faculty of Arts
2. University Department/Center, Department of History
3. Name/code of the course Modern History of Iraq (1258-1914 AD)
4. Programs in which bachelor’s degrees are included
5. Available forms of attendance are mandatory
6. Semester/Year Annual
7. Number of study hours (total) 60
8. The date this description was prepared is December 2022
9. Course objectives
Introducing the student to the modern history of Iraq and informing him of the most important historical events that had an impact on Iraq’s political, economic, social and military conditions.
Introducing the student to the most prominent historical transformations in Iraq and their impact on the regional environment.
Introducing the student to the nature of transformations in the ruling system in Iraq
Working to enable students to acquire knowledge in line with quality standards in higher education
Enabling students to acquire scientific knowledge in order to be able to supply the labor market with effective outputs.
10. Learning outcomes and methods of teaching, learning and evaluation
A- Knowledge and understanding
A1- Familiarizing students with sources for studying modern Iraqi history
A2- Preparing students scientifically so that they are able to acquire scientific knowledge and apply it in the teaching process
A3- Empowering students intellectually to comprehend the scientific method
A4- Enabling students to write scientific research and reports in a correct scientific manner
A5- Familiarize students with methods of research and scientific thinking
B - Subject-specific skills
B1 - Organizing and strengthening students’ experiences by preparing them mentally by acquiring knowledge
B2 - Students acquire the greatest amount of scientific information about the modern history of Iraq
B3 - Enabling students to participate in group dialogues
B4- Enabling students to comprehend the course
Teaching and learning methods
Using different teaching methods, including raising the problem during the lecture and discussing it with the students in a scientific dialogue method, using maps, blackboards, and books as illustration tools.
Evaluation methods
Written and oral exams, dialogue, discussion, daily reports, research
C- Thinking skills
C1- Enabling students to understand the scientific method
C2- Enabling students to think scientifically, deduce, analyze and criticize
C3- Enabling students to interpret historical events and draw conclusions from them
C4- The ability to describe the prescribed curriculum
Teaching and learning methods
Increasing the acquired knowledge, speed, and breadth of learning by developing strategies that activate the student’s memory by relying on thinking, analysis, deduction, planning, and self-organization.
Evaluation methods
Discussing scientific topics that stimulate deep thinking, in order to develop thinking and discussion skills
D - General and transferable skills (other skills related to employability and personal development).
D1- Class leadership skills
D2- Planning skills
D3- Evaluation skills and emphasizing individual differences among students
D4- Viewing and application skills
11. Course structure
Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/course or subject Teaching method Evaluation method
the first
9/21/2022 Iraq from the Mongol occupation until the Safavid occupation: The Mongol occupation of Iraq and their overthrow of the Abbasid Caliphate Modern Iraqi history (1258 AD - 1914 AD) Monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The second is relative stability during the era of the Jalairi occupation (1337-1411 AD)
The third: Timur's invasion of Iraq and the struggle for power
Fourth, Al-Qara Qunilu (1410-1467 AD)
V Al-Aq Qunilo (1467-1508 AD)
Sixth, the Safavids and their control over Iraq
Seventh, the Ottoman-Safavid rivalry for control of Iraq
Eighth-ninth, the Ottoman-Safavid conflict
The tenth-thirteenth movement of Zulfiqar
Fourteenth - fifteenth: The first Ottoman occupation of Baghdad, 1534 AD
The sixteenth 2/15/2019 Bakir Sobashi movement
Seventeenth-nineteenth: Iraq facing foreign control
The twenty tribal movements opposed to the Ottoman administration in Iraq
The twenty-first: The steadfastness of Basra and Mosul against the Persian invaders during the reigns of Nader Shah and Karim Khan al-Zand
The twenty-third popular uprising during the Mamluk era - the ruling Iraqi families in Iraq
twenty-fourth
Al-Sayyab fled in Basra
Twenty-fifth Al-Jalili in Mosul
Twenty-sixth: Manifestations of Modernization in Iraq: The Era of Daoud Pasha
The twenty-seventh era of Midhat Pasha, the era of Nazim Pasha
Twenty-eighth: The British-Ottoman rivalry over Iraq
Twenty-nine: The most prominent features of British interest in Iraq: The British invasion of Iraq (1914-1918 AD)
The Thirty Position of the People of Iraq on the British Invasion (Religious Scholars)
12. Infrastructure
Required readings:
Basic texts
Course books
Other
Special requirements (including, for example, workshops, periodicals, software, and websites) Conducting discussions among students on specific topics and searching for related topics in the university library and government correspondence.