اسم المؤلف:
محمد جدعان عبد الله
اسم المشرف:
قحطان حميد كاظم
المستخلص:
The idea of founding humanitarian societies and organization has been found since the mid of the twentieth century by the Swiss Henry Dunant and his effort in alleviating the soldiers' pain who have been left wounded in Solferino battle 1859. Iraq, as other Islamic countries ,witnessed the birth of such humanitarian societies particularly after establishing the national governance in Iraq in 1921 and having its political independence in 1932 by dint of many national figures' efforts in humanitarian concerns. The society received the royal family's support and favor. As the society had fulfilled many meritorious humanitarian services to the Iraqi society as well as the international society in different circumstances and crises in war and peace times. Because of the absence of specialized studies , this topic has been selected to investigate and show the importance of this association role in an important period of time of the contemporary history of Iraq ,moreover the period of the study has been identified between 1932 - 1954 as the first date represents the date of the establishment of the association as well as for the political independence of Iraq.Also, the study has identified the end of the study after 1954 because of the floods of Tigris and Euphrates exposing the association activities and effectiveness of it about that event.The researcher has depended on Iraqi unpublished documents specially the Iraqi Red Crescent documents which represent 85% of the thesis sources.Accordingly, the thesis is divided into four chapters with prologue and epilogue.Chapter one deals with the historical background of the international red crescent societies establishment and the aims and humanitarian tasks in 1859 - 1932 classifying the chapter into three sections.The first section sheds light on the red crescent societies and the red cross societies establishment and their humanitarian tasks till 1929,whereas the second sections studies the reasons of establishing these international societies. The third section tackles the tasks of the red cross and red crescent societies and the establishment of the first Aids 1863 - 1932.Chapter two discusses Iraqi Red Crescent Society referring to its establishment and its tasks in 1932 - 1936 ,hence, this chapter divided into five sections. Section one deals with the foundation of the Iraqi red crescent society and the identification of its significant tasks.When on the other hand , the second section deals with the basic system and the administrative units of the society identifying its aims and targets. The third section tackles the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (henceforth IRCS) logo with its descriptions and uses. Then ,to come after , section four sheds light on the establishment of these administrative societies and their manuals and tasks in 1932 - 1933 ,whereas section five deals with the activities of this human society from 1934 - 1936.Then, the third chapter discusses the Iraqi Red crescent society and its humanitarian activities in 1937 - 1946 whose material is divided into two sections : the first one is the humanitarian society activities in 1937 - 1941,while the second section deals with the activities of the society during the second world war(1942 - 1945)and the flood in 1946. Then , the fourth chapter examines the development of the activities of IRCS in 1947 - 1954 shedding lights on two sections, the first one talks about its activities in 1947 - 1950 while the second section tackles with the IRCS and its activities in 1951 - 1954.Finally, the conclusions have been drawn as in : 1 - The IRCS was established in the midst of internal and external crucial circumstances and events to fulfill the needs of founding human society taken upon itself giving hands to the needy people especially those who are in the lower class of the Iraqi society and also to be on track with the international RCS activities which half of the nineteenth century.2 - The IRCS attempted to reduce the Iraqis ' sufferance as well as the needy people in other countries without any discrimination in treatment in times of war and peace and it deepened on the volunteer work without any connection with the Iraqi Government to be considered as one of the pioneer civil societies in Iraq in the monarchy time. 3 - The researcher has set down the IRCS influential effect in the internal as well as the external field as it worked hard to fulfill the needs of the poverty - stricken people humanly, physically, and morally since 1932 till 1954.The society has worked consistently and with a great effort to deliver the aids to all segments of the Iraqi society in all the circumstances of disturbances and natural disasters experienced by Iraq throughout its historical era.4 - The society has various tasks in the 1940s of the twentieth century confronting the different effects of the second world war courageously, that is why it established many administrative units in the Iraqi governorates and generated new organizations as the women 's organization and society for children rights to provide the best humanitarian services to all Iraqi society classes. 5 - The society has not been confined to Iraq only it goes out the Iraqi borders to include Asian and European countries reflecting the noble human effect of this society to show the Islamic morals which make human brother ship the base of human relations.6 - The society has received a great deal of support from the Iraqi politicians particularly ,the royal family, ministers and senior civil servants ,so this shows the awareness of the importance of in building the Iraqi man ,spreading the principles of justice, rescuing the distressed, and helping them in all circumstances in spite of their religious, ethnic ,regional tendencies inside or outside Iraq.7 - The society has put the aim of helping people and fulfilling their daily needs and fundamental humanitarian aids which left a clear imprint in the history of Iraq during the monarchy as well as the aids provided within the country because of the natural disaster as : floods ,fires ,earthquakes and diseases trying to help the new generation of children and take care of their health. Besides, the society has spent more effort to train the Iraqi mothers how to do the following : taking care of their children ,and general cleanliness ,moreover ,the helps that the society provided during the war times that the Iraqi community suffered from during the monarchy. The society provided many aids and in all aspects whether(physical or moral)and in all circumstances whether(political, economic, and social ). In fact, it is one of the civil human societies in Iraq whose works and activities deserve all thanks and respect from both the Iraqi government and nation.
