The Foreign Affairs Agent in Kurdistan Province in the Early Twentieth Century

Foreign ministry agents have been established to counter the expansion of the influence of major powers in strategic cities. The early twentieth century is considered as the last years of agencies around the country; meanwhile, is the most important period of the life of this organization. Kurdistan agent was one of the busiest agents in this era and its duties were very varied and almost covered all the local legal, political, social and military conditions, such as relations with the foreign countries consulates in Kurdistan, foreign Citizens, religious minorities, coordination with local authorities, etc.
The Kurdistan agent duties was very varied and almost covered all the local legal, political, social and military conditions, such as relations with the foreign countries consulates in Kurdistan, foreign Citizens, religious minorities, coordination with local authorities, etc.
This article tries to study the Kurdistan agent performance in the most important issues of the province; relations with the great powers, especially the Ottoman Shahbandari, the local bureaucrats, tribes, the religious minorities and citizenship. The article’s question is whether the Kurdistan agent succeeded in the affairs of the state, considering situation of the state? Also, what was the basis of its interactions and relations with local authorities? This study is written with a historical approach, based on an analytical descriptive method and mainly based on the foreign affairs ministry archive. The results of this study indicate that the Kurdistan agent was incapable of achieving the goals of the central government in the state