Principles and Military Procedures for Crossing the Aras River

This book consists of an introduction, two main parts, an appendix, documents, reports, a list of comrades' names, and an album of photos and maps.

The first part of the book discusses the events of 1945-1958 and includes several topics regarding the departure of the Barzanis to East Kurdistan, the establishment of the Republic of Kurdistan in Mahabad, the Barzani forces as the main defensive force of the Republic, the epic of Qarawa and Milqareni, the typhoid epidemic and the death of two thousand Barzanis, the fall of the Republic of Kurdistan and the martyrdom of Peshawa Qazi and his comrades, the retreat of the Barzanis to the border, the battle of Silwe and the epics of Nallos and Gojar, the Iranian army's attack on the Shno front, the epics of Avras and Halej and the battle of Nerke, the return of the Barzanis to South Kurdistan and their displacement and imprisonment by the Iraq regime, the legendary epic of the Aras, and the return of President Barzani and the Barzanis from Russia to Iraq.

The second part makes a comparison between the military principles of the historic march of Barzani and global epics, and consists of several topics that discuss crossing the Aras with military principles and procedures, the principle of goal-orientation such as Mustafa Barzani's goal in crossing the Aras, the principle of attacking or surprise attack, the principles of assembly and maneuvering in the Kotol Valley, the principle of maintaining military secrecy and obtaining information about the enemy, the principle of coordination, self-organization, and unity of the army, the principle of security and the plan for cooperation and legislation on the Aras route, and the principle of perseverance and surprising resistance and the principle of persistence.