the reincarnation of the great game throughout the 20th century
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Ugb Sbhfamrfmthdf d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb
Ugrdungdut tgb 3:tg Abftury
Lldhrb eb Lmstbr = M``mhrbs Burdpbffbs
Bomtbrhfm Usmrbndrdetsbvm
Zrd`bssbur adrrbatbur9 Ugdlms Smhfbmu
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Hftrdeuathdf
Ugb ghstdry d` tgb Crhthsg adkdfhmk systbl stmrts hf tgb =0
tg
abftury wgbf tgbBlphrbs `hrst dutpdsts mrb arbmtbe hf Fdrtg Mlbrham mfe hf tgb Amrhccbmf. Hf =0::
]ubbf Bkhzmcbtg nrmfts m Sdymk Agmrtbr td m adlpmfy d` lbragmfts, wghag nrdws td
cbadlb tgb rbfdwfbe Bmst Hfehmf Adlpmfymfe dctmhfs m ldfdpdky df trmeb whtg
tgb aduftrhbs d` tgb Hfehmf mfe Zmah`ha Dabmfs. Hf tgb vbry cbnhffhfn d` tgb
=>tg abftury Bfnkhsg trmebrs sbttkb hf sdutgbrf Hfehm mfe tgus stmrt tgb tgrbb abftury
kdfn ghstdry d` Crhthsg Hfehm, tgb pbmrk tgb hf Crhthsg ardwf.
Kdre Nbdrnb Fmtgmfhbk Aurzdf, vhabrdy d` Hfehm (=788-=8:2) mfe Crhthsg
@drbhnf Qbarbtmry (=8=8-=835), hf ghs wrhthfnSusshm hf Abftrmk Mshm hf =778 mfe tgb
Mfnkd-Susshmf ]ubsthdf (=778) ebsarhcbs Hfehm ms tgb ldst vmkumckb d` Bfnkmfes
pdssbsshdfs. Ugb aduftrys rbsdurabs (mldfn dtgbrs9 shko, sphabs, adttdf, wdde,
smktpbtrb) wbrb gmrvbstbe hf Hfehm mfe crdungt cmao td Burdpb `dr trmeb, tgbrb`drb
adftrhcuthfn td Crhtmhfs adllbrahmk nrdwtg. Hfehm cbamlb m sdurab d` hfarbehckb
wbmktg `dr tgb Ardwf. Ugbrb`drb, tgb `bmr tgmt mfy dtgbr aduftry aduke mpprdmag Hfehm,
dr bvbf tghfo d` ht, wms tgb lmhf prbdaaupmthdf d` mkk Bfnkmfes pdkhahbs shfab tgb
ldlbft Crhthsg lbf sbt `ddt hf Hfehm mfe ebakmrbe ht tgbhr prdpbrty. Umohfn dvbr suag
m kmrnb mfe rhag tbrrhtdry aduke fdt cb bmsy, mfe Crhtmhf gme td `mab prdckbls cdtg
`rdl whtghf tgb aduftry mfe `rdl bfvhdus Burdpbmf fbhngcdurs.
Munust 3fe, =727. Ugb Zmrkhmlbft d` tgb Rfhtbe Ohfnedl pmssbs tgb Hfehm
Ndvbrflbft Mat, tgus d``hahmkky bstmckhsghfn tgb rukb d` tgb Ardwf dvbr Hfehm. Ugb mat
ehslhssbe tgb Bmst Hfehm Adlpmfy, wghag gme cbbf tgb rukhfn mutgdrhty cb`drb tgmt.
Ugb B.H.A. wms `dufebe hf =0=3 mfe adfsdkhemtbe hts rukb dvbr Hfehm hf =>>1 whtg tgb
bstmckhsghfn d` m amphtmk ahty hf Amkauttm mfe tgb mppdhftlbft d` m Ndvbrfdr-Nbfbrmk.
M ybmr cb`drb tgb Hfehm Mat, hf =72>, hf tgb slmkk tdwf d` Lbbrut stmrtbe m luthfy d`
sbpdys hf tgb B.H.A. mrly, wghag tgbf sprbme ms m ckddey rbcbkkhdf td ldst d` tgb
sucadfthfbft, td abftrmk Hfehm, tgb Ebkgh rbnhdf mfe uppbr Nmfnbtha pkmhf. Ugb Crhthsg
ndvbrflbft stdppbe tgb rbcbks, ehssdkvbe tgb Adlpmfy mfe ebakmrbe Hfehm ufebr tgb
ehrbat rukb d` tgb Ardwf. Hf gbr Zrdakmlmthdf td tgb Zrhfabs, Aghb`s mfe tgb Zbdpkb
d` Hfehm (=727), ]ubbf Phatdrhm sdkblfky akmhls tgmt Crhtmhfs dfky ndmk hs td prdtbat
mfe eb`bfe Hfehm mfe hts hfgmchtmfts, mfe td adftrhcutb td hts nrdwtg mfe ebvbkdplbft9
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^gbf, cy tgb ckbsshfn d` Zrdvhebfab, hftbrfmk trmfquhkkhty whkk cb rbstdrbe, ht
hs dur bmrfbst ebshrb td sthlukmtb tgb pbmab`uk hfeustry d` Hfehm, td prdldtb
wdros d` puckha uthkhty mfe hlprdvblbft, mfe td melhfhstbr tgb ndvbrflbft `dr
tgb cbfb`ht d` mkk dur sucibats rbshebft tgbrbhf. Hf tgbhr prdspbrhty whkk cb dur
strbfntg, hf tgbhr adftbftlbft dur sbaurhty, mfe hf tgbhr nrmthtueb dur cbst
rbwmre...
Cmao hf Burdpb, Fmpdkbdf Cdfmpmrtb wms Crhtmhfs kmst @rbfag fhngtlmrb mfe
tgb mfthpmtgy wms lutumk. Dppdshthdf whtg @rmfab, tgb `hngt `dr tgb Fbw ^drke mfe
adkdfhsmthdf gme ehrbatbe Crhthsg `drbhnf pdkhay `dr mkldst mkk d` tgb =7 tgabftury. Fbw
tbrrhtdrhbs lbmft fbw lmrobts, fbw rbsdurabs mfe nbfbrmk adftrdk dvbr tgb wdrke
trmeb, wghag wms tgbf dfky pdsshckb cy sbm. Ugb thlb pbrhde cbtwbbf =>81 mfe =7=2
wms tgb kmst hf tgb mfahbft rhvmkry cbtwbbf @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf. Gdwbvbr, ht hs
hlpdrtmft td fdtb tgmt tgbrb wbrb bssbfthmkky twd pgmsbs hf tgb Fmpdkbdfha wmrs.
Cdfmpmrtb gme ndde rbkmthdfsghps whtg tgb Usmr Zmuk H d` Susshm mfe tdnbtgbr tgby
wbrb pkdtthfn mnmhfst tgb Crhthsg Blphrb, tgb strmtbny cbhfn td aut Crhtmhf d`` d` gbr
Hfehmf adkdfhbs mfe rbsdurabs=. @dr m stmrt, `rdl =>87 td =7:= Cdfmpmrtb ufebrtddo mf
bxpbehthdf td Qyrhm mfe Bnypt. Ugbf, hf =7:=, Zmuk H sbft m Adssmao mrly td Crhthsg
Hfehm hf =7:=. Ugb Susshmf bxpbehthdf wms suppdsbe td cb idhfbe cy tgb @rbfag mt tgb
Pdknm bstumry mfe lmrag td Hfehm tdnbtgbr. Cut cb`drb tgby aduke suaabbe mfe bvbf
idhf, tgb Adssmao rbabhvbe fbws d` tgb Usmrs mssmsshfmthdf df tgb fhngt d` Lmrag =3,
=7:=. Mppmrbftky, Aduft Zbtbr Zmgkbf, rbspdfshckb `dr tgb rbnhaheb, gme gme sdlb thbs
whtg tgb Crhthsg Bfvdy-Bxtrmdrehfmry mfe Lhfhstbr-Zkbfhpdtbfthmry mt Qt. Zbtbrscurn,
Kdre Agmrkbs ^ghtwdrtg9
Kdre ^ghtwdrtgs pmrthahpmthdf hf tgb adfsphrmay wms rb`kbatbe hf nbfbrdus
`hfmfahfn. Lmfy pbdpkb smw Zmgkbf whtg ndkebf nuhfbms. Eurhfn m nmlb d`
amres hf Lmrag =7:=, Zmgkbf wmnbrbe 3::,::: ndkebf rduckbs - m kdt d`
ldfby `dr m ldebst fdckblmf `rdl Adurkmfe, bvbf dfb wgd mttmhfbe tgb
gbhngts d` pdwbr3
=Zbtbr Gdpohro, Ugb Nrbmt Nmlb9 Ugb Qtrunnkb `dr Blphrb hf Abftrmk Mshm, =883
3E. I. Smkbhng, M. M. Hsobfebrdv, Ugb Blpbrdrs mfe Blprbssbs d` Susshm9 Sbehsadvbrhfn
tgb Sdlmfdvs, =880
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^ms Zmuk H tgb `hrst vhathl hf tgb nmlbs d` rhvmkry cbtwbbf Susshm mfe Crhtmhf4
Ht hs m strdfn pdsshchkhty. Bspbahmkky wgbf dfb adfshebrs tgmt tgb fbxt emy m`tbr tgb
rbnhaheb, Zmuks gbhr, Mkbxmfebr H, hllbehmtbky amfabkkbe mkk d` tgb lurebrbe tsmrs
drebrs adfabrfhfn tgb Lmrag df Hfehm, aut ehpkdlmtha thbs whtg Fmpdkbdfs @rmfab mfe
bftbrbe m fbw admkhthdf whtg Crhtmhf.
Susshmf ghstdrhmf Xbvnbfy Umrkbebsarhcbs Fmpdkbdf erbmlhfn mfe ehsausshfn
Hfehm whtg tgb Adltb eb Fmrcdffb-Kmrm, ghs akdsb adufahkkdr, ms `dkkdws9
"Hlmnhfb Ldsadw tmobf - Susshm arusgbe - tgb Usmr rbadfahkbe dr ebme hf
sdlb pmkmab adfsphrmay ... Mfe tbkk lb wgbtgbr wb, m nrbmt mrly d`
@rbfaglbf mfe muxhkhmrhbs `rdl Uh`khs wduke gmvb td ed ldrb tgmf tduag tgb
Nmfnb Shvbr whtg m @rbfag swdre `dr tgb wgdkb sam``dkehfn d` Crhtmhf's
lbramfthkb nrbmtfbss td adkkmpsb."1
Gdwbvbr, Fmpdkbdf aduke fdt tgrbmtbf Crhtmhf df tgb sbms9 @rmfab ehe fdt
gmvb tgb su``hahbft lmrhthlb pdwbr `dr suag m agmkkbfnb. Cdfmpmrtbs bxpbehthdf td
Bnypt mfe ghs mttblpts mt mpprdmaghfn Hfehm tgrdung tgb Lheekb Bmst (hf drebr td
ufebrlhfb Crhtmhfs trmehfn rdutbs whtg Hfehm) wbrb fdt bfdung td pdsb m rbmk tgrbmt td
Crhtmhfs suprblmay bhtgbr. Ugb cmttkb d` Urm`mknmr hf =7:2 wms prdcmcky tgb ldst
ebahshvb fmvmk cmttkb hf tgb Fmpdkbdfha wmrs mfe gms prbebtbrlhfbe tgb bfe d` tgb
adf`khat. M`tbr mkldst uttbrky ebstrdyhfn tgb @rbfag `kbbt, Nrbmt Crhtmhf nmhfbe
mcsdkutb suprblmay df tgb dabmf. Ht cbamlb tgb Crhthsg Blphrb, dfb d` tgb ldst
pdwbr`uk blphrbs tgmt gmvb bvbr bxhstbe, h` fdt tgb ldst pdwbr`uk. Crhthsg lbf aduke
trmvbk tgb wdrke mfe tgbhr pdwbr`uk `kbbt prdtbatbe tgbhr lmrhthlb trmeb. Ughs nmvb
tgbl tgb pdsshchkhty td put prbssurb df dtgbr stmtbs. H` Crhtmhf whsgbe td, sgb aduke aut
d`` Burdpb d` mkk trmehfn rdutbs.
Hf tghs adftbxt, tgb dtgbr sbrhdus tgrbmt kb`t wms tgb Susshmf Blphrb. Crhtmhf
wms mffdybe cy tgb cbnhffhfn d` tgb kmttbrs tbrrhtdrhmk bxpmfshdf td tgb Qdutg. Susshm
iusth`hbe tghs bxpmfshdf cy bxpkmhfhfn tgmt sgb wmftbe td stdp tgb rmhes d` Abftrmk
Mshmf cmrcmrhmfs df gbr tbrrhtdrhbs mfe hlpkblbft sdlb drebr mfe ehsahpkhfb df tgmt
whke kmfe. Mfdtgbr rbmsdf wms td nmhf maabss td abftrmk Mshmf prdeuats mfe rbsdurabs,
1Xbvnbfy Umrkb,Fmpdkbdf, =810
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ldstky adttdf. Ughs wms hlpdrtmft cbamusb mt tgb thlb Burdpb, wghag wms ufebrndhfn
tgb tbxthkb rbvdkuthdf, eblmfebe ldrb mfe ldrb d` tgmt rbsdurab. Ugb rgbtdrha d`
Susshmf d``hahmks wms prbtty luag tgb smlb tgmf tgmt d` Bfnkhsg adkdfhmkhsts. Ugb
Susshmf nbfbrmk Kbv Odstbfod, wgd tddo pmrt hf mf bxpbehthdf td tgb Ogmfmtb d`
Oghvm (=75:), bxpkmhfbe hf m vbry ehpkdlmtha wmy tgmt ht hs fdt mlchthdf dr dtgbr
sbk`-sbrvhfn amkaukmthdfs tgmt kbme Susshm hf hts bxpmfshdfhst ldvblbft hf Abftrmk
Mshm, cut sdkbky m ebshrb td crhfn pbmab td tgb kmfe, td sthlukmtb hts prdeuathvb `drabs
mfe dpbf tgb sgdrtbst pmtg `dr tgb bxpdrt d` Uurobstmf prdeuats td tgb Burdpbmf pmrt
d` Susshm5.
Ugb stmnb d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb hf =8tgabftury
Mkbxhs Ormussb, Susshm hf Mshm9 M Sbadre mfe m Qtuey, =227-=788, (Aurzdf Zrbss, =8>1
_=8::\)
Gdwbvbr, Susshms bxpmfshdf td tgb sdutg mfe tgb ghstdry d` tgb `hvb-guferbe-
ybmr Susshmf adkdfhmkhsl wms hf htsbk` rbmsdf bfdung `dr Crhthsg mfxhbty. Ud kbt Susshm
maabss tgb Hfehmf Dabmf vhm Zbrshm mfe M`ngmfhstmf wduke cb td mkkdw gbr td nmhf
ldrb hlpdrtmfab df tgb hftbrfmthdfmk stmnb. Crhtmhfs suprblmay df tgb sbm, gbr `kbbt,
prheb d` tgb Crhthsg Ardwf mfe Sdymk Fmvy, aduke cb ehlhfhsgbe cy tgb mppbmrmfab d`
5Oghedymtdv N. M. D` Ghstdry d` Mfnkd-Susshmf rbkmthdfsghps hf Abftrmk Mshm hf tgb kmtb =8tgabftury, =808
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m adlpbthtdr. Fdt td lbfthdf tgb trblbfedus mlduft d` rhagbs mfe rbsdurabs tgmt
Crhtmhf maquhrbe m`tbr sgb bstmckhsgbe gbr adkdfhbs hf Hfehm mfe tgmt sgb ehe fdt wmft td
sgmrb whtg mfy, bvbf gypdtgbthamk, hftruebr.
Abftrmk Mshm hs tgbrb`drb m aruahmk rbnhdf, hf m nbdstrmtbnha sbfsb, `dr ht hs m
cu``br zdfb cbtwbbf Susshm mfe tgb Crhthsg Smi, mfe tgb tgbmtrb d` lmfy adf`khats mfe
strunnkbs `dr hf`kubfab hf tgb mrbm. Ugb aduftrhbs d` Abftrmk Mshm wbrb ebsarhcbe
hf =787 cy Kdre Aurzdf ms phbabs df m agbsscdmre updf wghag hs cbhfn pkmybe dut m
nmlb `dr tgb edlhfhdf d` tgb wdrke. Ughs nmlb `dr edlhfmthdf hs wgmt ghstdrhmfs amkk
tdemy tgb Nrbmt Nmlb, tgmt hs td smy tgb rhvmkry cbtwbbf tgb Crhthsg Ardwf mfe tgb
Susshmf Blphrb `dr suprblmay mfe hf`kubfab hf Abftrmk Mshm. Ugb ldst hlpdrtmft
bphsdebs d` tghs pbrhde mrb prdcmcky tgb wmrs hf M`ngmfhstmf hf wghag cdtg Susshm mfe
Crhtmhf gme m agmfnhfn kuao, suaabbehfn mfe tgbf `mhkhfn hf turf. Ugb amfdfhamk,
ghstdrhamk eb`hfhthdf d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb stdps mt tgb cbnhffhfn d` tgb 3:tg abftury
whtg tgb Mfnkd-Susshmf adfvbfthdf d` =8:>, wghag ebtbrlhfbs spgbrb d` hf`kubfab hf
Abftrmk Mshm, mfe tgb =8=> Sbvdkuthdf mfe `mkk d` tgb Susshmf blphrb, wghag lmobs m
pkmybr ehsmppbmr `rdl tgb stmnb.
Cut hs tgb Nmlb rbmkkydvbr4
Ugb `mkk d` tgb ldfmragy ehe fdt lbmf Susshmf pdwbr gms vmfhsgbe. Ugb
wdrke sddf smw mfdtgbr nhmft rhsb `rdl tgb ruhfs d` tsmrhst Susshm9 tgb Rfhdf d` Qdvhbt
Qdahmkhst Sbpuckhas. Ugb Nrbmt Nmlb wms `mr `rdl cbhfn dvbr. Eurhfn tgb
3:tgabftury, tgb Nmlb lhngt kddo m khttkb cht eh``brbft, ht lhngt mksd cb amkkbe
eh``brbftky (Adke wmr `dr bxmlpkb) cut tgb rhvmkry hs sthkk gbrb mfe hs vbry luag
mkhvb. Ugb ebshrbe spgbrbs d` hf`kubfab d` cdtg shebs lhngt gmvb ldvbe td Burdpb, cut
Abftrmk Mshm mfe m kmrnbr tbrrhtdry hfakuehfn tgb Lheekb Bmst rbnhdf, rblmhfs m oby
mrbm fbvbrtgbkbss, `dr tgb hfeustrhmk rbvdkuthdf gms crdungt up tgb fbbe d` m fbw,
aruahmk rbsdurab9 dhk.
Ugbf mnmhf, td sdlb ht lhngt sbbl tgmt tgb Nrbmt Nmlb d` tgb 3:tg abftury,
m.o.m. Adke ^mr, bfes whtg tgb arusg d` tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Cut hs ht sd4 Susshm hs sthkk
stmfehfn mfe sthkk gms gbr dwf hftbrbsts cdtg hf Burdpb mfe Abftrmk Mshm. Qgb sbbos
fbw mkkhmfabs mfe dppdsbs fbw rhvmks, lmhfky tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs d` Mlbrham, wghag hf
m wmy amf cb adfshebrbe ms tgb ehrbat gbhrs d` tgb Crhthsg blphrb, cbamusb bvbf h` tgby
`dungt `dr hfebpbfebfab, Mlbrhamfs sbbl tgb rbpbmt tgb Crhthsg hlpbrhmk pmttbrf d`
cbgmvhdur mfe wdrke suprblmay, rbkyhfn df lmrhthlb pdwbr mfe mkkhbe stmtbs mkk dvbr
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tgb wdrke. Ugbrb`drb, tgb Nrbmt Nmlb sbbls td cb gbrbehtmry, pmsshfn `rdl dfb stmtb
td mfdtgbr, fbvbr adlhfn td mfe h` tgbrb mrb sthkk pkmybrs td pkmy ht.
^b gmvb fd pbrlmfbft mkkhbs, wb gmvb fd pbrlmfbft bfblhbs, wb dfky gmvb
pbrlmfbft hftbrbsts.2
Kdre Zmklbrstdf
2 Mttrhcutbe td Gbfry Idgf Ublpkb, Kdre Zmklbrstdf, Crhthsg Zrhlb Lhfhstbr `rdl =722 td
=727 mfe `rdl =728 td =702
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Zmrt H9 Ugb rbvhvmk d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb
M nrbmt fmthdf trusts td htsbk` lmhfky? dfky sbadfemrhky td mkkhmfabs, gdwbvbrhfthlmtb. @dr ebbp hf tgb gbmrt d` bvbry fmthdf khb mfahbft, strdfn rbsbftlbfts,
rbsbftlbfts tgmt mt m ldlbft d` arhshs lmy `kmrb up hftd mfahbft strh`bs. ^mr
gms d`tbf rbvbmkbe mftmndfhsls cbtwbbf pdwbrs mppmrbftky `rhbfeky, mfe
sylpmtghbs cbtwbbf pdwbrs mppmrbftky gdsthkb.0
Susshms wmy hftd tgb Urhpkb Bftbftb
Gdw ehe Susshm bfe up hf m admkhthdf whtg Crhtmhf, gbr lmhf dppdfbft eurhfn
tgb bfthrb WHW abftury mfe @rmfab, m `drlbr bfbly ms wbkk4 Ud mfswbr tghs qubsthdf,
wb whkk gmvb td kddo mt bvbfts hf Burdpb tgmt tddo pkmab m khttkb bmrkhbr.
M`tbr @rmfabs amtmstrdpgha eb`bmt hf tgb =7>= @rmfad-Zrusshmf wmr, wghag gme
kb`t m prd`dufe lmro df tgb aduftry mfe tgb ldrmk d` hts pbdpkb, @rmfab wms kddohfn
`dr mf bxht `rdl gbr ehpkdlmtha hsdkmthdf. @urtgbrldrb, tgb arbmthdf d` tgb UrhpkbMkkhmfab (Nbrlmfy, Mustrhm-Gufnmry mfe Htmky) kbmvbs cdtg Susshm mfe @rmfab
vukfbrmckb. Ugbrb`drb tgbrb hs fd surprhsb tgmt tgb @rbfag pbdpkb wbkadlbe tgb
@rmfad-Susshmf mkkhmfab d` =783 whtg bupgdrhm. @rmfab tgus cbamlb Susshms mkky
mnmhfst tgb Mustrd-Gufnmrhmf Blphrb, wgd gme cbadlb dfb d` tgb ldst hf`kubfthmk
blphrbs df tgb Burdpbmf adfthfbft, up ufthk =8=7.
Susshms kmst Usmr, Fhagdkms HH, gme td `mab twd wmrs, tgb `hrst cbhfn tgbSussd-
Impmfbsb wmr d` =8:2. Ht stdppbe Susshms bxpmfshdf td tgb Bmst mfe pkmybe mf
hlpdrtmft rdkb hf wrmpphfn up tgb Nrbmt Nmlb. Crhtmhf pmrthahpmtbe hfehrbatky hf tgb
adf`khat mfe suppdrtbe Impmf eurhfn tgb bfthrb wmr b``drt. Crhtmhf mfe Impmf gme
shnfbe tgb Mfnkd-Impmfbsb mkkhmfab hf =8:3mfe ht wms kmtbr rbfbwbe hf =8:2. Ughs
wms mf mttblpt mt khlhthfn Susshms bxpmfshdf hf tgb Bmst shfab tgb kmttbr gme
ebvbkdpbe badfdlha mfe tbrrhtdrhmk hftbrbsts hf Odrbm mfe Fdrtgbmst Aghfm
(Lmfagurhm). Umohfn mevmftmnb d` tgb turldhk hf tgbCdxbr arhshs(=8::), Susshm sbft
trddps td Lmfagurhm, wghag lmeb Crhtmhf ufadl`drtmckb, `dr ht sbblbe td lmro tgb
0Idgf Meml Armlc, Nbrlmfy mfe Bfnkmfe, =8=5
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cbnhffhfn d` Aghfms pmrththdf cbtwbbf tgb ^bstbrf aduftrhbs mfe tgrbmtbfbe tgbhr
trmeb rdutbs.>Impmf mfe Susshm gmvb mkrbmey akmsgbe df tgb Odrbmf mfe Lmfagurhmf
qubsthdf cb`drb, mfe tgbhr rbkmthdfsghp wms dfky nbtthfn wdrsb bvbry thlb tgby
adf`rdftbe bmag dtgbr. Hf =8:=, Impmf amlb akdsb td ebakmrhfn wmr, cut cmaobe d``
m`tbr rbmkhzhfn tgby wduke cb mkdfb hf tghs `hngt (bspbahmkky nhvbf tgb `mat tgmt Susshm
gme cy tgbf sbaurbe m sdkhe mkkhmfab whtg @rmfab). Nrbmt Crhtmhf tdd wmsft ndhfn td
wmnb wmr dvbr Lmfagurhm. Gdwbvbr, tgb ehpkdlmtha nrdufe `dr mf uktbrhdr mnrbblbft
cbtwbbf Crhtmhf mfe Impmf wms kmhe. Ugb Mfnkd-Impmfbsb mkkhmfab d` =8:3 stmtbs tgmt
h` Impmf bftbrs wmr whtg Susshm, Crhtmhf rblmhfs fbutrmk. Gdwbvbr, h` m tghre stmtb
bftbrs tgb wmr (hlpkyhfn @rmfab, ms Susshms lmhf mkky), tgbf tgb Crhthsg whkk idhf tgb
wmr df tgb Impmfbsb sheb. Ugb Mkkhmfab wms m wmrfhfn td Susshms bxpmfshdf td tgb
Bmst. Cut ldrb hlpdrtmftky, ht wms eb `matdm numrmftbb `dr Impmf tgmt ht wduke fdt
`hfe htsbk` `hngthfn sbvbrmk aduftrhbs mt dfab, cbamusb tgb rhso d` bftbrhfn m adf`khat
whtg Crhtmhf hfthlhemtbe @rmfab. Ugbrb`drb wb amf adfshebr tghs bvbft ms pmrt d` tgb
Nrbmt Nmlb, nhvbf tgmt tgb Rfhtbe-Ohfnedl wms eb `matd hfvdkvbe hf tghs wmr mfe
gms bvbf prbpmrbe tgb nrdufe `dr ht. ^gbf tgb Sussd-Impmfbsb wmr cbnuf sdlb thlb
kmtbr, hf =8:2, Crhthsg dcsbrvbrs wbrb stmthdfbe hf Impmfbsb gbmequmrtbrs, df tgbhr
sghps, eurhfn tgb mttmaos df Zdrt Mrtgur mfe Ususghlm.
Ugb rbvdkuthdf d` =8:2 amf cb adfshebrbe ms dfb d` tgb rbmsdfs d` Susshms
`mhkurb hf tghs adf`khat. Ugb ehsdrebr hfsheb tgb aduftry pusgbe tgb Susshmf
ndvbrflbft td bfe tgb wmr sddfbr tgmf bxpbatbe. Hf tgb Urbmty d`Zdrtsldutg, wghag
shnfbe tgb pbmab, Susshmfs mnrbbe fdt td hftbr`brb hf Impmfs ebmkhfns whtg Odrbm mfe
kdst tgbhr Zdrt Mrtgur fmvmk cmsb. Ugb m`tbrlmtg gdwbvbr, hs luag ldrb prd`dufe tgmf
lbrbky tgbsb tbrrhtdrhmk mnrbblbfts9 Susshm wms thrbe d` wmr.
@rdl tgmt ldlbft df, gbr ehpkdlmts sbbo td mvdhe mfy dtgbr adf`khat df mfy
dtgbr `rdft, bspbahmkky adf`rdftmthdf whtg nrbmt Burdpbmf stmtbs. Ugb Sussd-Impmfbsb
wmr wms tgb `hrst kmrnb adf`khat shfab tgb Sussd-Uurohsg wmr d` =7>>-=7>7, wghag tddo
pkmab mkldst 1: ybmrs bmrkhbr mfe hf wghag Susshm wms vhatdrhdus. Gdwbvbr, tghfns
gmvb agmfnbe hf 1: ybmrs. Ugb Sussd-Impmfbsb wmr rbvbmkbe m nrbmt fulcbr d` `kmws
hf tgb Blphrbs badfdly mfe hts lhkhtmry rbmehfbss. Ugb eb`bmt wms mkk tgb ldrb
gulhkhmthfn cbamusb Impmf wms tgbf adfshebrbe m cmaowmre Mshmf aduftry, wgbrbms
Susshm wms suppdsbe td cb m pdwbr`uk blphrb obbphfn gbr bfblhbs hf mwb. Ugb
>Hmf Fhsg, Ugb Mfnkd-Impmfbsb Mkkhmfab9 Ugb Ehpkdlmay d` Uwd Hskmfe Blphrbs, =785-=8:>,=8>>
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aduftry su``brbe `rdl m kmao d` hf`rmstruaturbs, dut-emtbe tbagfdkdnhbs mfe wbmpdfry.
Gbr dvbrmkk hfeustrhmk ebvbkdplbft wms cbghfe kbmehfn Burdpbmf aduftrhbs mfe gbr
sdahbty wms sthkk ldstky mnrmrhmf. Hf tghs sbfsb, m crbmo hf mrlbe adf`khats mfe tgb
ldlbft d` pbmab tgmt `dkkdwbe wms vbry wbkadlb `dr tgb aduftry td rbcuhke htsbk`, td
ldebrfhzb hts mrly, adfthfub rmhkrdme adfstruathdfs mfe suag. Mksd, tgb ndvbrflbft
adfshebrbe Susshms bxpmfshdf ldstky dvbr mfe gbr `rdfthbrs sbttkbe. Ht wms thlb `dr
hftbrfmk nrdwtg mfe ebvbkdplbft. Ugb aduftbr-rbvdkuthdf mfe ldebrfhsmthdf d` tgb
aduftrys hftbrhdr drnmfhsmthdf wbrb adstky. Susshm wms sbbohfn hfvbstlbfts `rdl
Burdpbmfs aduftry mfe wms nhvbf m 3,32: lhkkhdf `rmfas kdmf, mfe tgb chnnbst kbfebr
wms @rmfab. @rbfag, Bfnkhsg mfe Cbknhmf hfvbstlbfts wbrb tgb educkb d` Nbrlmf
hfvbstlbfts. Hf prmathab ht mksd lbmft tgmt tgb prd-Crhthsg kdccy hfsheb Susshms
`hfmfahmk spgbrb wms ldrb hf`kubfthmk tgmf tgb prd-Nbrlmf dfb.
@dkkdwhfn tgb smlb kdnha d` rbst, Susshms Lhfhstbr d` @drbhnf m``mhrs,
Mkbxmfebr Hzvdksoy adfshebrbe mf mkkhmfab whtg Crhtmhf td cb tgb dfky wmy td prbsbrvb
Susshm `rdl mfdtgbr thrbsdlb wmr mfe mfdtgbr cufag d` sdahd-badfdlha prdckbls.
Hfebbe, Susshm ehe fdt stdp tgmt ehsmstrdus wmr hf tgb Bmst dfky td nbt hfvdkvbe hf
sdlb dtgbr adf`khat df gbr ^bstbrf dr Qdutgbrf cdrebrs. Ugbrb`drb, twd ybmrs m`tbr
tgb Zdrtsldutg trbmty, tgb Blphrb mfe Crhtmhf shnfbe tgb Mfnkd-Susshmf Adfvbfthdf
hf =8:>. Ughs adfvbfthdf d``hahmkky bfebe tgb Nrbmt Nmlb cy sbtthfn tgb spgbrbs d`
hf`kubfab hf Abftrmk Mshm. Susshm rbadnfhzbe Crhtmhfs prdtbatdrmtb dvbr M`ngmfhstmf
mfe mnrbbe td abmsb mkk m``mhrs whtg tgb Blhr. Cdtg rbadnfhzbe Uhcbt ms m pmrt d` Aghfm
mfe mnrbbe td stdp tryhfn td tmob dvbr ht. Zbrshm wms sbpmrmtbe hftd tgrbb rbnhdfs. Dfb
wms Susshms spgbrb d` hf`kubfab hf tgb Fdrtg, Crhtmhfs dfb wms hf tgb Qdutg mfe m
fbutrmk rbnhdf wms arbmtbe cbtwbbf tgbl. Ugb adfvbfthdf mksd sbmkbe tgb Urhpkb
Bftbftb, wghag wms arbmtbe stbp cy stbp dvbr tgb prbabebft ybmrs9
d Hf =78=, tgb `hrst stbp hs tgb arbmthdf d` tgb@rmfad-Susshmf mkkhmfabd Hf =8:5, tgbBftbftb adrehmkbcbtwbbf @rmfab mfe Crhtmhfd Hf =8:>, tgbMfnkd-Susshmf Adfvbfthdf
Cut h` Susshm sdungt trmfquhkkhty mfe thlb td rbcuhke, mfe wms whkkhfn td pmy
`dr ht cy yhbkehfn hf`kubfab hf Abftrmk Mshm, tgb Rfhtbe Ohfnedl gme dtgbr
ldthvmthdfs td bftbr m admkhthdf whtg Susshm. Hf tgb ^bst, tgb Nbrlmf blphrb wms
nmtgbrhfn hts strbfntg mfe gms cbadlb tgb ldst pdwbr`uk stmtb hf adfthfbftmk Burdpb,
wgbrbms Omhsbrs ^hkgbkl HH `drbhnf pdkhay wms akbmrky ufebrlhfhfn pbmab df tgb
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adfthfbft. Ugb arbmthdf d` tgb Urhpkb Mkkhmfab gme ebstrdybe Bfnkmfes hebmk d`
cmkmfab d` pdwbrs hf Burdpb lbmft td obbp pbmab df tgb adfthfbft. Crhtmhf gbrsbk`
wms `drabe dut d` gbr spkbfehe hsdkmthdf. Ms m rbmathdf td tgb Urhpkhab, tgb Ardwf
shnfbe mf mkkhmfab whtg @rmfab mfe kmtbr Susshm. Gdwbvbr, `rdl tgb Susshmfs pdhft d`
vhbw, tgbhr Blphrb wms kurbe hftd m spbah`hamkky mfth-Nbrlmfckdao, tgmt hs td smy hftd
wmr, dfab mnmhf, m shtumthdf Fhagdkms HH wms tryhfn sd gmre td mvdhe. ^drsb, tgb
blpbrdr wms `drabe td sheb whtg ghs kdfn thlb rhvmk mnmhfst m `rhbfeky stmtb mfe
Susshms chnnbst trmehfn pmrtfbr (mfe mksd ghs adushf ^hkgbkl, whtg wgdl tgb
blpbrdr gme m quhtb mlhamckb rbkmthdfsghp). Zydtr Eurfdvd, Susshmf Hlpbrhmk
Lhfhstbr d` Hftbrhdr, trhbe td wmrf tgb Usmr d` tgb ehsmstrdus adfsbqubfabs d` wmr whtg
Nbrlmfy9
Ugb lmhf curebf d` tgb wmr whkk ufeductbeky `mkk df us, shfab Bfnkmfe hs
gmreky ampmckb d` tmohfn m adfshebrmckb pmrt hf m adfthfbftmk wmr, wghkb
@rmfab, pddr hf lmf pdwbr, whkk prdcmcky megbrb td strhatky eb`bfshvb tmathas,
hf vhbw d` tgb bfdrldus kdssbs cy wghag wmr whkk cb mttbfebe ufebr prbsbft
adfehthdfs d` lhkhtmry tbagfhqub. Ugb pmrt d` m cmttbrhfn-rml, lmohfn m crbmag
hf tgb vbry tghao d` tgb Nbrlmf eb`bfab, whkk cb durs, whtg lmfy `matdrs
mnmhfst us td wghag wb sgmkk gmvb td ebvdtb nrbmt b``drt mfe mttbfthdf.7
@rdl m strhatky badfdlhamk pdhft d` vhbw, Eurfdvd mksd pdhftbe dut tgmt wmr whtg
Nbrlmfy hs dfky prd`htmckb td Crhtmhf, wgd wmfts td wbmobf gbr adlpbthtdr df tgb sbm
mfe `mr adkdfhbs.
Hf rbspbat td Nbrlmfy's badfdlha `uturb, tgb hftbrbsts d` Susshm mfe Bfnkmfe
mrb ehmlbtrhamkky dppdsbe. @dr Bfnkmfe, ht hs prd`htmckb td ohkk Nbrlmfy's
lmrhthlb trmeb mfe hfeustry, turfhfn gbr hftd m pddr mfe, h` pdsshckb,
mnrhaukturmk aduftry. @dr us, ht hs d` mevmftmnb `dr Nbrlmfy td ebvbkdp gbr
sbm-ndhfn adllbrab mfe tgb hfeustry wghag sbrvbs ht, sd ms td suppky tgb
rbldtbst wdrke lmrobts, mfe mt tgb smlb thlb dpbf gbr edlbstha lmrobt td dur
mnrhaukturmk prdeuats, td suppky gbr kmrnb wdrohfn pdpukmthdf.8
7Ugb Eurfdvd Lbldrmfeul, =8=5,gttp9//fdvmdfkhfb.fvaa.beu/bkh/bvmfs/ghs353/Edaulbfts/Eurfdvd.pe`
8Hche.
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Bvbf ldrb hlpdrtmft, Eurfdvd gme `drbsbbf mkk tgb trduckb tgmt whkk adlb dut hf amsb
d` eb`bmt, mfe tgb sdahmk ehsmstbr tgmt wduke `dkkdw.
Hf tgb bvbft d` eb`bmt () sdahmk rbvdkuthdf hf hts ldst bxtrblb `drl hs
hfbvhtmckb. () Ugb trduckb whkk stmrt whtg tgb ckmlhfn d` tgb Ndvbrflbft `dr
mkk ehsmstbrs. Hf tgb kbnhskmthvb hfsthtuthdfs m chttbr amlpmhnf mnmhfst tgb
Ndvbrflbft whkk cbnhf, `dkkdwbe cy rbvdkuthdfmry mnhtmthdfs tgrdungdut tgb
aduftry, whtg Qdahmkhst skdnmfs, ampmckb d` mrdushfn mfe rmkkyhfn tgb lmssbs,
cbnhffhfn whtg tgb ehvhshdf d` tgb kmfe mfe suaabbebe cy m ehvhshdf d` mkk
vmkumckbs mfe prdpbrty. Ugb eb`bmtbe mrly () whkk `hfe htsbk` tdd ebldrmkhzbe
td sbrvb ms m cukwmro d` kmw mfe drebr. Ugb kbnhskmthvb hfsthtuthdfs mfe tgb
hftbkkbatumk dppdshthdf pmrthbs () whkk cb pdwbrkbss td stbl tgb pdpukmr
theb Susshm whkk cb `kufn hftd gdpbkbss mfmragy, tgb hssub d` wghag amffdt cb
`drbsbbf.=:
Zydtr Eurfdvd akbmrky smw tgmt tgb vbry bxhstbfab d` tgb Susshmf Blphrb wms
mt stmob mfe Ghstdry adf`hrlbe ghs prdpgbay td tgb kbttbr.
Mfdtgbr shnf tgmt Susshm mfe Nbrlmfy ehe fdt whsg td bfnmnb hf wmr mnmhfst
bmag dtgbr wms tgb tbkbnrml bxagmfnb tgmt tddo pkmab cbtwbbf Fhagdkms mfe ^hkgbkl
df tgb bvb d` wmr, m`tbr tgb lurebr d` Mrageuob @rmfz @brehfmfe hf Qmrmibvd. Cdtg
blpbrdrs, wgd wbrb akdsb rbkmthvbs mfe `rhbfes, akmhl tgby ed fdt whsg td bfnmnb hf
cmttkb mnmhfst bmag dtgbr. Cut tgb lbagmfhsls d` tgb mkkhmfabs mrb lbrahkbss, mfe
Susshm mfe Nbrlmfy nbt ermwf hftd wmr ms mkkhbs d` Qbrchm mfe Mustrd-Gufnmry
rbspbathvbky, ebsphtb mttblpts mt fbndthmthdf.
H cbn ydu hf tgb fmlb d` dur dke `rhbfesghp td ed wgmt ydu amf td stdp ydur
mkkhbs `rdl ndhfn tdd `mr.
Usmr td Omhsbr, Iuky 38, =8=5==
=:Hche.
==Ugb ^drke ^mr H Edaulbft Mraghvb9 Ugb ^hkky-Fhaoy Adrrbspdfebfab mfe Ubkbnrmls,
gttp9//wwh.khc.cyu.beu/hfebx.pgp/UgbT^hkky-FhaoyTUbkbnrmls
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Xdu whkk eductkbss mnrbb whtg lb tgmt wb cdtg, ydu mfe lb, gmvb m adlldf
hftbrbst ms wbkk ms mkk Qdvbrbhnfs td hfshst tgmt mkk tgb pbrsdfs ldrmkky
rbspdfshckb `dr tgb emstmreky lurebr sgduke rbabhvb tgbhr ebsbrvbe
pufhsglbft. Hf tghs amsb pdkhthas pkmys fd pmrt mt mkk. () H ml bxbrthfn ly
utldst hf`kubfab td hfeuab tgb Mustrhmfs td ebmk strmhngtky td mrrhvb td m
smths`matdry ufebrstmfehfn whtg ydu.
Omhsbr td Usmr, Iuky 38, =8=5=3
H` fdr tgb Omhsbr, fdr tgb Usmr whsgbe `dr wmr, gdw ehe ht adlb td ht4 Gdw
adlbs fdcdey gbbebe tgb wmrfhfns d` tgb Hftbrhdr Lhfhstbr Eurfdvd4 Mrb tgb
mkkhmfabs mfe prdlhsbs d` gbkp sdkb rbspdfshckb `dr tgb ehsmstbr tgmt tdrb mpmrt tgb
Burdpbmf adfthfbft4 Susshm gme dfb vbry pmrthaukmr hftbrbst hf bfnmnhfn hf tgb @hrst
^drke ^mr mfe sgb `bkk vhathl td gbr mfahbft tblptmthdf9 td nbt gbr gmfes df dfb d`
tgb lmhf stmobs hf tgb Nrbmt Nmlb, tgb Uurohsg Qtrmhts.
Zkmys mrdufe tgb Cdspgdrus
Cdufemrhbs cbtwbbf Burdpb mfe Mshm, pmssmnb `rdl tgb Ckmao sbm td tgb
Lbehtbrrmfbmf, tgb Cdspgdrus mfe Emremfbkkbs wbrb adfshebrbe m aruahmk nbdstrmtbnha
kdamthdf shfab tgb Cyzmfthfb Blphrb mfe bvbf ldrb sd whtg tgb cbnhffhfn d` tgb Nrbmt
Nmlb. Qd wms Hfehm tgb rbmk ndmk d` Susshmf hlpbrhmkhst bxpmfshdfhsl tgb Crhthsg
`bmrbe sd luag4Ugb mfswbr hs fd9 Adfstmfthfdpkb mfe tgb Uurohsg strmhts wbrb tgb
ndmk d` mkk d` Susshm's `drbhnf pdkhay. Ms Kdre Aurzdf put ht, tgb Susshmf tgrbmt hf
Abftrmk Mshm wms ldstky m lbmfs td put prbssurb df Crhtmhf mfe pusg gbr td yhbke df
Susshms hftbrbsts whtghf Burdpb.
Ugb Susshmf mevmfabs () Ghs dcibat hs fdt Amkauttm, cut Adfstmfthfdpkb,
fdt tgb Nmfnbs, cut tgb Ndkebf Gdrf. Gb cbkhbvbs tgmt tgb obys d` tgb
Cdspgdrus mrb ldrb khobky td cb wdf df tgb cmfos d` tgb Gbklufe tgmf df tgb
gbhngts d` Zkbvfm. Ud obbp Bfnkmfe quhbt hf Burdpb cy obbphfn gbr blpkdybe
hf Mshm, tgmt, crhb`ky put, hs tgb sul mfe sucstmfab d` Susshmf pdkhay.=1
=3Hche.
=1Kdre Fmtgmfhbk Aurzdf, Susshm hf Abftrmk Mshm hf =778 mfe tgb Mfnkd-Susshmf qubsthdf,
pp. 13=-133.
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H msobe m ehsthfnuhsgbe Susshmf ehpkdlmthst ufebr wgmt ahraulstmfabs ghs
Ndvbrflbft wduke `bbk htsbk` iusth`hbe hf vhdkmthfn tgb M`ngmf `rdfthbr, sd
sdkblfky sbttkbe m ybmr mfe m gmk` mnd, mfe agmkkbfnhfn m adf`khat whtg
Bfnkmfe hf tgb Bmst. Ghs rbpky wms vbry ehsthfat. 'Rpdf tgb daaurrbfab d`
bhtgbr d` twd adfthfnbfahbs, gb smhe, h` ydu tmlpbr whtg tgb Susshmf
edlhfhdfs fdrtg d` tgb Dxus=5
? dr h` ydu hftbr`brb whtg tgb rbmkhsmthdf d` dur
fmthdfmk mhls hf Burdpb.=2
-- Kdre Aurzdf
Adftrdk dvbr tgb Cdspgdrus rbnhdf wduke lbmf pdsshchkhty d` bxpmfshdf mfe
lmycb bvbf tgb rbmkhsmthdf d` m Agrhsthmf drtgdedx blphrb (m mfahbft Susshmf
msphrmthdf td cbhfn tgb Ughre Sdlb). Mksd, ht wduke lbmf maabss td tgb
Lbehtbrrmfbmf Qbm mfe sbaurhty `dr tgb Blphrb whtg hts `kbbt stmthdfbe hf tgb nmtbs d`
tgb Ckmao sbm. Ms `dr tgb Crhthsg sheb, tgb Ardwf wms wdrrhbe tgmt tgb trmeb rdutbs td
Hfehm wbrb bspbahmkky `rmnhkb hf tgb Uurohsg strmhts rbnhdf. Susshm tdd `bkt vukfbrmckb
wgbf ht amlb td tgb strmhts, cbamusb tgby wbrb gbr lmhf trmehfn rdutbs. Ugbrb`drb, tgb
wbmo spdts d` cdtg blphrbs lmtag. Crhtmhf, tgb wdrkes chnnbst lmrhthlb pdwbr, gms
cbbf strunnkhfn fdt td kbt dfb sghp `rdl tgb Susshmf fmvy hftd tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf.
Bvbry thlb Susshmfs gmvb mpprdmagbe tgb Cdspgdrus, Bfnkmfe tddo m eb`bfshvb
pdshthdf fdt td kbt tgbl mfywgbrb fbmr tgb strmhts. Lmfy ebsarhpthvb bxmlpkbs amf
hkkustrmtb tghs rhvmkry.
M `hrst dfb hs tgb Arhlbmf wmr d` =721-=720, wghag wms m eb`bmt `dr Susshm.
Qgb kdst gbr `kbbt mfe cmsbs df tgb Ckmao sbm. Ugb strmhts wbrb pkmabe ufebr
hftbrfmthdfmk adftrdk mfe sucsbqubftky Susshms fmvmk prbsbfab hf tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf
mfe tgb Ckmao sbm wms rbeuabe td mkldst fdfb maadrehfn td tgb Zmrhs Urbmty d` =820.
Mfdtgbr bxmlpkb amf cb `dufe hf tgb Sussd-Uurohsg wmr d` =7>>-=7>7,
wghag stmrtbe ms m wmr d` khcbrmthdf d` tgb Cmkomfs Agrhsthmf pdpukmthdf `rdl tgb
Dttdlmf rukb mfe quhaoky bvdkvbe hftd m `hngt `dr hf`kubfab hf tgb rbnhdf. Ht wduke
gmvb sbblbe tgmt Crhtmhf gme fd qumrrbk hf tghs adf`khat. Gdwbvbr, wgbf mt tgb bfe d`
tgb wmr Susshmf trddps wbrb mpprdmaghfn Adfstmfthfdpkb mfe gme rbmagbe Qmf
Qtb`mfd (kdamtbe df tgb Lmrlmrm Qbm dfky mcdut == ohkdlbtrbs wbst d` Hstmfcuk), tgb
Crhthsg `kbbt bftbrbe tgb Cdspgdrus mfe tgrbmtbfbe td ebakmrb wmr mnmhfst Susshm. Ugb
kmttbr gme td cmao d`` mfe maabpt tgb pbmab trbmty prdpdsbe cy tgb Dttdlmf Blphrb.
=5Ugb Dxus, tdemy ofdwf ms tgb Mlu Emrym, hs m lmidr rhvbr hf Abftrmk Mshm.=2Hche.
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Gdwbvbr, Susshms heb `hxb d` tmohfn dvbr tgb Uurohsg strmhts bfeurbe. Hf
=77>, m`tbr tgb Kbmnub d` tgb Ugrbb Blpbrdrs (cbtwbbf Mkbxmfebr HH d` Susshm,
@rmfz Idsbpg d` Mustrhm-Gufnmry mfe ^hkgbkl H d` Nbrlmfy) crdob edwf, Susshm
mfe Nbrlmfy adfakuebe m Urbmty d` Sbhfsurmfab=0. Nbrlmfy wms wdrrhbe cy Susshm
nbtthfn akdsbr td @rmfab (tgb @rmfad-Zrusshmf wmr wms sthkk `rbsg hf bvbrycdeys
lbldry), tgbrb`drb tgb Omhsbr sdungt numrmftbbs td prdtbat Nbrlmfy `rdl m fbw wmr
whtg tgbhr @rbfag dppdfbft mfe bfsurb tgb kmttbrs ehpkdlmtha hsdkmthdf. Ud ed tgmt, tgb
Omhsbr prdabbebe cy sbmkhfn mf mkkhmfab whtg Htmky mfe Mustrhm-Gufnmry9 tgb Urhpkb
Mkkhmfab hf =773 (`hrst hfsurmfab). Ugbf gb shnfbe m sbarbt trbmty whtg Susshm
(rbhfsurmfab). Ugmt wmy Nbrlmfy wms prdtbatbe `rdl m twd-`rdft wmr h` sgb bvbr
ndt hftd adf`khat whtg @rmfab mnmhf. Df tgb Susshmf sheb, Mkbxmfebr HH wms wdrrhbe cy
tgb Mustrhm-Gufnmrys mathvhty hf tgb Cmkomfs mfe, ms usumk, tgb maabss td tgb
Cdspgdrus. Ugbrb`drb, tgb sbarbt Sbhfsurmfab trbmty stmtbe tgmt9
d Nbrlmfy mfe Susshm rblmhf fbutrmk sgduke tgb dtgbr cb hfvdkvbe hf mwmr whtg m tghre aduftry. Ughs edbs fdt mppky sgduke Nbrlmfy mttmao
@rmfab dr Susshm mttmao Mustrhm-Gufnmry?
d Nbrlmfy rblmhfs fbutrmk h` m Susshmf hftbrvbfthdf tmobs pkmab hf tgbCdspgdrus mfe tgb Emremfbkkbs.
Cut wgmt d` tgb Uurohsg strmhts hf tgb @hrst ^drke ^mr4
Df Lmrag =7, =8=2, @rmfab mfe Nrbmt Crhtmhf shnfbe mf mnrbblbft, hf wghag
tgby prdlhsbe td nhvb Susshm `ukk adftrdk dvbr tgb Cdspgdrus, tgb Emremfbkkbs mfe
Adfstmfthfdpkb hf amsb tgb Mkkhbs mrb vhatdrhdus hf wmr. Ughs wms amkkbe tgb
Adfstmfthfdpkb mnrbblbft.=> @dr tgb `hrst thlb, tgb Dttdlmf Blphrb gme td `mab m
admkhthdf d` tgrbb nrbmt pdwbrs. @dr tgb `hrst thlb @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf wbrb fdt tryhfn td
rbstrmhf Susshms armvb `dr tgb strmhts, fdw tgmt Uuroby gme shebe whtg Nbrlmfy. Ms
tgby fbbebe Susshms gbkp hf wmr, @rbfag mfe Crhthsg ehpkdlmts gme td lmob surb tgb
Susshmf ndvbrflbft wduke cb hftbrbstbe hf sbbhfn tgb wmr crdungt td mf bfe, dfb
vhatdrhdus `dr tgb Mkkhbs.
Gmvhfn adftrdk dvbr tgb strmhts wduke lbmf dctmhfhfn m strmtbnha mevmftmnb hf
m wmr whtg tgb Uuros. Mttblpts mt tmohfn dvbr Adfstmfthfdpkb mfe sbaurhfn m rdutb td
=0Bfayakdpmbehm Crhtmffhamgttp9//nkdcmk.crhtmffham.adl/BCagbaobe/tdpha/5800>8/Sbhfsurmfab-Urbmty
=>Ugb Adfstmfthfdpkb Mnrbblbft, gttp9//luqtm`h3.chrzbht.beu/bf/HftbrEdas/hlmnbs/37:.pe`
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Susshm tgrdung tgb Emremfbkkbs stmrtbe whtg tgb Nmkkhpdkh dpbrmthdf. Ht tddo pkmab
cbtwbbf Mprhk =8=2 mfe Imfumry =8=0 ms mf hfhthmthvb d` ^hfstdf Aguraghkk=7. Ugb
amlpmhnf wms m `mhkurb `dr tgb Mkkhbs, shfab tgby eheft suaabbe td `drab tgbhr wmy
tgrdung tgb strmht.
Ugb fbxt mttblpt mt sbaurhfn tgb rbnhdf wms td cb tgbCdspgdrus dpbrmthdfd`
sprhfn =8=>. Ugb dpbrmthdf wms td cb adfeuatbe ufebr tgb adllmfe d` Phab-melhrmk
d` tgb Susshmf Ckmao Qbm @kbbt Mkbxmfebr Odkagmo. Kmtbr, wgbf m Qdvhbt blbrnbfay
stmtb adllhsshdf hftbrrdnmtbe ghl, gb ebsarhcbe tgb dpbrmthdf. Odkagmo gme
adllmfe dvbr dfb kmfehfn `drab, wghag wms lbmft td sbaurb tgb gdsthkb sgdrb hf
drebr td prbpmrb tgb nrdufe `dr ldrb trddps. Zrbpmrmthdfs wbft df up ufthk tgb aduphf
@bcrumry =8=>, wgbrbms tgb dpbrmthdf htsbk` wms pkmffbe td stmrt hf sprhfn =8=>.=8
Ugb Adfstmfthfdpkb Mnrbblbft rblmhfbe m sbarbt edaulbft up ufthk tgb
Datdcbr rbvdkuthdf d` =8=>, gdwbvbr tgb whkkhfnfbss d` Susshms mkkhbs fdt td hlpbeb
tgb mffbxmthdf d` tgb Cdspgdrus rbnhdf wms ehsaussbe hf tgb Qtmtb Eulm. Kbfhfs
Ebarbb df Zbmab amfabkkbe bvbry sbarbt mnrbblbft d` tgb Usmrhst mfe Zrdvhshdfmk
Ndvbrflbft. Hf mf mppbmk shnfbe cy Kbfhf mfe Qtmkhf, tgb rbvdkuthdfmrhbs spbah`hamkky
ufebrkhfbe tgmt mffbxmthdf d` Adfstmfthfdpkb hs fdt ndhfn td gmppbf.
^b ebakmrb tgmt tgb sbarbt trbmthbs d` tgb ebtgrdfbe Usmr rbnmrehfn tgb
mffbxmthdf d` Adfstmfthfdpkb, adf`hrlbe cy tgb ebpdsbe Obrbfsoy, mrb fdw
fukk mfe vdhe. Ugb Susshmf Sbpuckha mfe hts Ndvbrflbft, tgb Adufahk d`
Zbdpkb's Adllhssmrs, mrb dppdsbe td tgb sbhzurb d` `drbhnf tbrrhtdry?
Adfstmfthfdpkb lust rblmhf hf tgb gmfes d` tgb Luskhls."3:
Hf adfakushdf, wb amf rblmro tgmt `dr Susshm tgb bxtrblbky mttrmathvb
Adfstmfthfdpkb Mnrbblbft df tgb `uturb d` tgb Qtrmhts wms m lmidr adfehthdf d`
idhfhfn tgb Urhpkb Bftbftb, cut tgb d``br turfbe dut td cb amtmstrdpgha hf tgb bfe.
=7Amkkwbkk, A.B,Emremfbkkbs, m stuey d` tgb strmtbnhamk mfe abrtmhf tmathamk mspbats d` tgbEmremfbkkbs amlpmhnf, 3::2
=8@rdl tgb hftbrrdnmthdf d` Mkbxmfebr Odkagmo cy mf blbrnbfay stmtb adllhsshdf df
Imfumry 31re
, =83:
3:Mppbmk d` tgb Adufahk d` Zbdpkb's Adllhssmrs td tgb Luskhls d` Susshm mfe tgb Bmst,
Ebablcbr 1, =8=>.gttp9//bf.whohsdurab.drn/whoh/MppbmkTd`TtgbTAdufahkTd`TZbdpkb%3>sTAdllhssmrsTtdTtgbT
LuskhlsTd`TSusshmTmfeTtgbTBmst
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Bfe d` ^drke ^mr H9 tgb Cdksgbvho qubsthdf
Ugb Sbvdkuthdf mfe tgb fbwky hfstmkkbe Cdksgbvho pdwbr `drab Susshm td
rbtrbmt `rdl wmr. M`tbr tgb gulhkhmthfn Crbst-Khtdvso trbmty shnfbe hf =8=7 Susshm
kddsbs ufbxpbatbeky kmrnb tbrrhtdrhbs9 @hfkmfe, tgb Cmktha Qtmtbs, Cbkmrus, Rormhfb mrb
tmobf mwmy. Uuroby nbts cmao tgb tbrrhtdrhbs ht kdst hf tgb Sussd-Uurohsg wmr d` =7>7
(Mremgmf, Omrs mfe Cmtulh). Ht tddo mwmy m tghre d` Susshm's pdpukmthdf, dfb-gmk` d`
Susshm's hfeustrhmk ufebrtmohfns mfe fhfb-tbftgs d` Susshm's admklhfbs. Ldrb dvbr, tgb
eb`bmtbe Qtmtb wms dckhnbe td pmy shx chkkhdf lmros hf adlpbfsmthdf td Nbrlmfy.
Ugbrb`drb, tgb Susshmf blphrbs pmrthahpmthdf hf tgb wmr turfbe dut ms m adlpkbtb
ehsmstbr `dr tgb aduftry. Mpmrt `rdl tgb gulmf mfe badfdlha kdssbs, ht maabkbrmtbe tgb
rbvdkuthdfmry ldvblbft, ebstrdybe hts bfthrb ndvbrflbftmk systbl, gbfab pkufnhfn
tgb Qtmtb hftd adlpkbtb agmds, iust khob Zydtr Eurfdvd prbehatbe cmao hf
@bcrumry =8=5.
Hf Burdpb, fd fmthdf ofdws bxmatky gdw td ebmk whtg tgb fbwky hfstmkkbe
Cdksgbvho pdwbr. Crhtmhf hs fd bxabpthdf mfe tgb lblcbrs d` tgb Amchfbt mrb ehvhebe
df tgb qubsthdf. ^hfstdf Aguraghkk wms ebme sbt df nbtthfn rhe d` tgb adllufhst
tgrbmt cy hftbrvbfhfn ehrbatky hf Susshm. Hf ghs dphfhdf, Cdksgbvhsl wms tgb wdrst
tyrmffy, tgb ldst ebstruathvb mfe tgb ldst ebnrmehfn. Ht hs sgbbr gulcun td prbtbfe ht
hs fdt `mr wdrsb tgmf Nbrlmf lhkhtmrhsl.3=Zrhlb Lhfhstbr Kkdye Nbdrnb wms d` mf
dppdshtb lhfe. Gb gme fd hftbfthdf d` adfthfuhfn suppdrt td tgb ^ghtb ldvblbft (tgb
tsmrhst `drabs hf Susshm), prb`brrhfn td rbtrhbvb Crhthsg trddps tgmt wbrb mhehfn Susshmf
adllmfebrs Mkbxmfebr Odkagmo mfe Mftdf Ebfhohf. Ugbrb`drb, fd b``bathvb cmaohfn
wms put hf pkmab `dr tgb Susshmf ^ghtb numre, quhtb tgb dppdshtb. ^htg tgb wmr dvbr
mfe Nbrlmfy eb`bmtbe, ht wms thlb td rblblcbr dke rhvmkrhbs. Kdre Aurzdf cmaobe tgb
Zrhlb Lhfhstbr, ms gb wms `bmr`uk tgmt rbstdrhfn m strdfn Susshm wduke tgrbmtbf
Crhtmhfs blphrb mfe wms tgbrb`drb gmk`-gbmrtbe hf ghs suppdrt d` tgb tsmrhst ldvblbft.
Hf =8=8, tgb Kkdye Nbdrnb ebakmrbe td tgb Gdusb d` Adlldfs tgmt m ^ghtb vhatdry
wduke fdt cb hf tgb cbst hftbrbsts d` tgb Crhthsg Ardwf.
Gb _Odkagmo\ hs `hngthfn `dr m rbufhtbe Susshm. ^bkk, ht hs fdt `dr lb td smy
wgbtgbr tgmt hs m pdkhay wghag suhts tgb Crhthsg Blphrb. Ugbrb wms m vbry nrbmt
Qtmtbslmf, Kdre Cbmadfs`hbke _Zrhlb Lhfhstbr Cbfimlhf Ehsrmbkh\, wgd
3=^hfstdf Aguraghkk, Aguraghkk Qpbmos9 Adkkbatbe Qpbbagbs hf Zbmab mfe ^mr, =78>-=801 ,
=87:, pp. 1>3
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rbnmrebe m nrbmt, nhnmftha, adkdssmk, nrdwhfn Susshm rdkkhfn dfwmres khob m
nkmahbr tdwmres Zbrshm mfe tgb cdrebrs d` M`ngmfhstmf mfe Hfehm ms tgb
nrbmtbst lbfmab tgb Crhthsg Blphrb aduke cb adf`rdftbe whtg.33
Kkdye Nbdrnb pusgbe `dr stdpphfn tgb wbmpdf suppky td tgb ^ghtbs mfe mf
bvmaumthdf pdkhay d` Crhthsg mfe mkkhbe trddps `rdl Susshm. Ugb Crhthsg stmfab hf
rbnmre td tgb Susshmf rbvdkuthdf hs `mr `rdl cbhfn tgb bssbfthmk rbmsdf d` tgb
Cdksgbvhos vhatdry, cut ht fbvbrtgbkbss adfsdkhemtbe tgbl ms tgb suprblb pdwbr hf m
lutmthfn Susshm.
Crhtmhfs mttblpts mt adftrdk hf Uurobstmf mfe Zbrshm
M`tbr tgb ehsmppbmrmfab d` tgb Susshmf Blphrb, Crhtmhf wmftbe td sbaurb m
cu``br zdfb mkk tgb wmy `rdl tgb Amsphmf Qbm td Hfehm.
Uurobstmf wms m sdutgbrf tbrrhtdry cbkdfnhfn td tgb Susshmf blphrb. Hf =8=7,
m`tbr tgb Sbvdkuthdf, tgb shtumthdf hf Uurobstmf cbamlb agmdtha. Mutdfdldus mfe
sbpmrmthst sbfthlbfts wbrb nrdwhfn mldfn tgb pdpukmthdf. Ugb Crhthsg ndvbrflbft
ehspmtagbe m lhsshdf td Umsgobft ufebr tgb adllmfe d` @rbebrhao L. Cmhkby. Ugb
`hrst tmso wms td dpbrmtb mnmhfst Nbrlmf mfe Uurohsg `drabs, wghag wbrb tryhfn td
maabss Cmou mfe hts dhk rhag tbrrhtdrhbs. Gdwbvbr, m sbadfemry tmso wms td suppky tgb
mfth-Cdksgbvho `drabs whtg wbmpdfs mfe prdvheb `hfmfahmk suppdrt. Quppkhbs wbrb td
adlb `rdl tgb fbmrbst Crhthsg lhkhtmry cmsbs tgmt wbrb mkrbmey hlpkblbftbe hf tgb
rbnhdf. Hf Munust =8=7, Cmhkby shnfbe mf mnrbblbft whtg nbfbrmk Iufodvsoy, kbmebr
d` tgb ^ghtb ldvblbft hf Uurobstmf. @dkkdwhfn tghs mnrbblbft, Crhtmhf nmhfbe
prdtbatdrmtb dvbr Uurobstmf `dr 2: ybmrs.31
Crhtmhf mksd `drlbe m spbahmk lhsshdf stmthdfbe hf Fdrtg-Bmstbrf Zbrshm kbe cy
nbfbrmk ^hk`rhe Lmkkbsdf35. Hts ndmk wms td prbvbft Nbrlmf mfe Uurohsg dpbrmthdfs hf
tgb rbnhdf, cut mksd td bstmckhsg khfos whtg tgb sbpmrmthst mfth-Cdksgbvho Urmfsamsphmf
Ndvbrflbft tgmt amlb td pdwbr hf Msgogmcme. Ugb lhsshdf prdvhebe `hfmfahmk mfe
33Ebcmtb hf tgb Gdusb d` Adlldfs df Fdvblcbr =>, =8=8
gttp9//gmfsmre.lhkkcmfosystbls.adl/adlldfs/=8=8/fdv/=>/ndvbcflbft-
pdkhay#Q2AP:=3=Z:T=8=8===>TGDAT180
31@rbebrhao Cmhkby,Lhsshdf td Umsgobft,3::3.
35Zbtbr Gdpohro, Df sbarbt sbrvhab bmst d` Adfstmfthfdpkb, =885
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lhkhtmry suppdrt9 `dr bxmlpkb, m lmaghfb nuf mttmaglbft wms sbft td mhe
Urmfsamsphmfs hf tgbhr cmttkb mnmhfst tgb Cdksgbvho Umsgobft Qdvhbt `drabs. Mktgdung m
lhfdr bphsdeb, ht hs shnfh`hamft ms ht wms tgb `hrst adf`rdftmthdf d` Crhthsg mfe Susshmf
`drabs df tgb cmttkb`hbke shfab tgb Arhlbmf ^mr32. Kmtbr df, Lmkkbsdfs lhsshdf
ldvbe hftd tgb tbrrhtdry d` tgb Susshmf Uurobstmf td idhf tgbhr mkkhbs hf tgbhr rbshstmfab
td tgb Umsgobft Qdvhbt. Ugb shtumthdf agmfnbe hf tgb cbnhffhfn d` =8=8 wgbf tgb
Urmfsamsphmf Ndvbrflbft stmrtbe td kddsb hts hf`kubfab hf tgb rbnhdf. Lmkkbsdf mfe
ghs lbf kb`t Uurobstmfs tbrrhtdry mfe rbtrbmtbe cmao td Zbrshm. Cy =83: tgb
Urmfsamsphmf Ndvbrflbft wms eb`bmtbe mfe Uurobstmf pmssbe ufebr adftrdk d` tgb
Cdksgbvho `drabs wgd arbmtbe tgb Uurobstmf Mutdfdldus Qdvhbt Qdahmkhst Sbpuckha.
Hf Zbrshm, tgb Crhthsg wmftbe td maabss tgb dhk rbsdurabs mfe td nmhf rhngts td
adfeuat erhkkhfns. Ugby stmrtbe fbndthmthdfs `dr mf Mfnkd-Zbrshmf Mnrbblbft. Kdre
Aurzdf, fdw Crhthsg @drbhnf Qbarbtmry, gme sbft m prdtdtypb d` tgb edaulbft td tgb
Zbrshmf ndvbrflbft hf =8=8. Ugb mnrbblbft wms td sbaurb Crhtmhfs maabss td Hrmfhmf
dhk `hbkes. (Kbts fdt `drnbt tgb usumk rhvmkry whtg Susshm9 sdlb d` tgbsb `hbkes wbrb
kdamtbe hf fdrtgbrf prdvhfabs `drlbrky ufebr Susshmf hf`kubfab.) Hf rbturf `dr maabss
td dhk, tgb Crhthsg wduke prdvheb mllufhthdf mfe wbmpdfry `dr tgb Zbrshmf mrly,
wghag, hf pmrbftgbsbs, wduke cb trmhfbe cy Crhthsg d``habrs. Crhtmhf wduke mksd nhvb
Zbrshm m 3 lhkkhdf stbrkhfn kdmf, tgus `hfmfahfn ndvbrflbftmk, badfdlha, sdahmk
rb`drls hf Zbrshm cmsbe df tgb Burdpbmf ldebk. @hfmkky, Crhtmhf wduke nbt m rbvhsbe
austdls tmrh`` whtg Zbrshm mfe adftrhcutb td cuhkehfn rmhkrdmes.30@mahfn tgb nrdwhfn
Crhthsg hf`kubfab hf Zbrshm, Qdvhbt d``hahmks stmrtbe mpprdmaghfn tgb Zbrshmf
ndvbrflbft tdd. Hf =83=, Qdvhbt mfe Zbrshmf d``hahmks shnfbe tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf
Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp, hf wghag tgby mnrbbe td gmvb `ukk mfe bqumk sghpphfn rhngts df
tgb Amsphmf Qbm. Ldrb hlpdrtmftky, cdtg bfnmnbe fdt td mkkdw tgb prbsbfab df tgbhr
tbrrhtdrhbs d` mfy tghre `drab wgdsb dcibat _wduke cb\ td bfnmnb hf mats d` gdsthkhty
mnmhfst Zbrshm dr Susshm, dr mnmhfst tgb Mkkhbs d` Susshm.3>
Ugb Qdvhbt prdlhsb d`
suppdrt mfe strdfn Crhthsg rbsbftlbft mldfn tgb Zbrshmf pbdpkb bvbftumkky kbe
32Bkkhs, A. G, "Ugb Crhthsg Hftbrvbfthdf hf Urmfsamsphm =8=7-=8=8"Rfhvbrshty d` Amkh`drfhmZrbss, Cbrobkby mfe Kds Mfnbkbs, =801
30M. S. Cbnkh Cbhnhb, "Sbpbmthfn lhstmobs, Crhtmhf, Hrmf & tgb =8=8 Urbmty". Ugb Hrmfhmf.
Mraghvbe `rdl tgb drhnhfmk df =3 Mprhk 3::>gttp9//hrmfhmf.adl/Ghstdry/3::=/Lmrag/Crhtmhf/hfebx.gtlk
3>Zbrshm mfe tgb Susshmf Qdahmkhst @bebrmk Qdvhbt Sbpuckha - Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp, shnfbe mtLdsadw, @bcrumry 30, =83=, Mrthakb 2
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tgbLmikhs(tgb Zbrshmf pmrkhmlbft)td adlpkbtbky rbibat tgb Mfnkd-Zbrshmf Mnrbblbft
mfe td rmth`y tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf trbmty whtgdut mktbrmthdf.
Hf tgb bfe d` =8=7 Crhtmhfs strunnkb `dr adftrdk hf tgb Amsphmf rbnhdf amf cb
rbkmtbe td tgb bvbfts d` ^drke ^mr H (fdtmcky `dr erhvhfn dut Nbrlmf mfe Uurohsg
`drabs hf tgb mrbm). Gdwbvbr, m`tbr tgb bfblys amphtukmthdf tgb shtumthdf agmfnbs. ^b
amf adfshebr tgmt eb `matd tgb Nrbmt Nmlb rbstmrts, cut fdw whtg Qdvhbt Susshm ms
Crhtmhfs dppdfbft. Ugb bvbfts hf Uurobstmf hf =8=7-=83: sgdw tgmt tgb dke rhvmkry
cbtwbbf Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe Susshm hf tgb rbnhdf wms sthkk mf hlpdrtmft `matdr d` kdamk
pdkhthas. Bvbf h` tgb Usmrs blphrb adkkmpsbe, hts gbhr, Qdvhbt Susshm, akbmrky
ebldfstrmtbe gbr whkk td eb`bfe gbr pdshthdfs hf Abftrmk Mshm cdtg cy ehpkdlmtha mfe
lhkhtmry lbmfs. Ugb Lheekb Bmst mfe Abftrmk Mshm gmvb cbadlb ldrb vmkumckb tgmf
bvbr shfab tgb hfeustrhmk rbvdkuthdf. Ugdsb kmfes fdw gdke tgb ldst prbahdus rbsdurab
tgmt `ubks dke rhvmkrhbs mfe mttrmats fbw prbemtdrs9 dhk.
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Zmrt HH9
Mf hftbrlhsshdf hf tgb Nrbmt Nmlb
Ldst d` tgb bvbfts tgmt tddo pkmab df tgb bvb mfe hf tgb cbnhffhfn d` ^drke
^mr HH adfabftrmtbe hf Burdpb mfe wbrb fdt ehrbatky adffbatbe td tgb stmnb d` tgb
Nrbmt Nmlb hf tgb Lheekb Bmst mfe Abftrmk Mshm. M`tbr tgb daaupmthdf d` ldst d`
adfthfbftmk ^bstbrf Burdpb, Fmzh Nbrlmfy wms pdfebrhfn eh``brbft strmtbnhbs `dr gbr
fbxt stbps. Akbmrky, Ghtkbrs bxpmfshdfhst mlchthdfs wbrb fdt ybt smths`hbe mfe gb wms
kddohfn `dr ghs fbxt prby. Hf =85:, tgb @grbr wms `mahfn twd lmidr dppdfbfts9Nrbmt Crhtmhf, d``hahmkky mt wmr whtg Nbrlmfy shfab Qbptblcbr 1re, =818, mfe
tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, wghag gme shnfbe m sgmoy pbmab mnrbblbft whtg Ghtkbrs rbnhlb.
Cut nhvbf tgb kmttbrs gmtrbe tdwmres adllufhsts, tgbrb wbrb `bw pbdpkb educthfn tgmt
sddfbr dr kmtbr m akmsg whtg tgb RQQS wduke tmob pkmab. Gdwbvbr, Nbrlmfys bxmat
pkmf wms fdt ybt bkmcdrmtbe mfe vmrhdus pdsshchkhthbs prbsbftbe tgblsbkvbs td tgb Fmzh
kbmebrs. Hf tgb `dkkdwhfn wb whkk ebsarhcb dfb d` tgb sabfmrhds tgmt wms fdt `ukky
rbmkhzbe hf tgb adursb d` ghstdry cut wms sbrhdusky adfshebrbe maadrehfn td ghstdrhamk
edaulbfts. Ughs sabfmrhd stmrtbe td cb amrrhbe dut mfe tgb stmnb d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb
smw tgb bftrmfab d` m fbw pdwbr`uk pkmybr.
M tghre matdr df tgb stmnb
Nbrlmf lhkhtmry mathdfs mnmhfst Nrbmt Crhtmhf hf =818-=85: wbrb ldstky
m``bathfn sbm adllufhamthdfs hf mf mttblpt td hlpdsb m ckdaomeb df tgb hfsukmr
blphrb. Ugbsb mttmaos wbrb hf`khathfn adfshebrmckb emlmnb (whtg 5>= amrnd vbssbkskdst hf =85: mkdfb) cut wbrb fdt bfdung td sbrhdusky wbmobf tgb Crhthsg lhkhtmry
pdwbr. Mbrhmk mttmaos wbrb mksd vbry hftbfshvb cut tgb Sdymk Mhr @drabs b``bathvbky
aduftbrbe tgbl. Phatdry hf m gbme-df mssmukt wms prmathamkky hlpdsshckb `dr Nbrlmfy.
Ugbrb`drb, Fmzh kbmebrs adfshebrbe mfdtgbr strmtbny, dfb tgmt wms prdlhshfn fbmrky
abrtmhf suaabss. Maadrehfn td tghs strmtbny, tgb lmhf tgrust d` dpbrmthdfs wduke cb
ehrbatbe tdwmres Fdrtg M`rham mfe Lheekb Bmst. Ugbrb`drb, tgb pkmf Ghtkbr wms td
mppky wms tgb smlb tgmt Fmpdkbdf Cdfmpmrtb furturbe m abftury cb`drb9 autthfn d``
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Crhtmhf d` gbr Hfehmf rbsdurabs. @urtgbrldrb, Nbrlmfy wduke nmhf adftrdk dvbr tgb dhk
`hbkes hf tgb Lheekb Bmst.37
Ugb mevmftmnbs d` m Fdrtg M`rhamf amlpmhnf
Df dfb gmfe, Crhtmhfs ampmahty td dppdsb Nbrlmfy df tgb adfthfbft wduke
kdwbr ermlmthamkky, ms tgb dhk rbsdurabs mrb d` adursb bxtrblbky hlpdrtmft td `ubk mkk
tgb lhkhtmry bquhplbft9 vbghakbs, tmfos, pkmfbs Ugb Lheekb Bmst wduke d``br Ghtkbr
m qumsh-khlhtkbss suppky d` dhk, tgb dfb rbsdurab Nbrlmfy fbbebe ldst. Mt tgb smlb
thlb, whtg adftrdk dvbr Bnypt mfe tgb Qubz Amfmk, tgb Mxhs pdwbrs wduke cb mckb td
adlpkbtbky pmrmkyzb tgb Crhthsg Sdymk Fmvy df tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf Qbm.
Df tgb dtgbr gmfe, adftrdk dvbr tgb Abftrmk Mshmf rbnhdfs wduke mksd pdsb m
rbmk tgrbmt td tgb RQQS9 Nbrlmf trddps wduke adlb up vbry akdsb td vhtmk rbnhdfs `dr
tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, rbnhdfs tgmt pkmybe prdcmcky tgb ldst aruahmk rdkb hf tgb kmttbrs
badfdly. Bvbf h` gb eheft pkmf df mttmaohfn tgb RQQS hllbehmtbky, Ghtkbr ofbw gb
wduke gmvb td tmob df tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf sddfbr dr kmtbr mfe wms pkdtthfn maadrehfnky.
Abftrmk Mshm wms mfe rblmhfbe m vukfbrmckb mrbm `dr tgb RQQS mfe rbprbsbftbe m
adfvbfhbft pdhft d` bftry hftd Qdvhbt tbrrhtdry.
Ugb Dcbrodllmfeds strmtbnhbs
Shngt m`tbr tgb amphtukmthdf d` @rmfab hf Iufb =85:, Fdrtg M`rham wms vbry
wbmoky prdtbatbe whtg mcdut iust dvbr 1: tgdusmfes Crhthsg sdkehbrs mfe m shfnkb
mrldurbe ehvhshdf hf Bnypt eb`bfehfn tgb Qubz Amfmk. Ugb Fmzh mrly gme mt tgb smlb
thlb mcdut 5: ehvhshdfs fdt bfnmnbe hf mathvb dpbrmthdfs. Df tgb Iufb =:tg, =85: Htmky
bftbrbe tgb wmr df tgb Ghtkbrs sheb. Ugb Htmkhmf fmvy aut tgb Crhthsg suppky khfbs hf tgb
Lbehtbrrmfbmf Qbm `drahfn tgb Crhthsg adfvdys td nd mrdufe M`rham. Ugbrb`drb, tgbrb
wms fd wmy `dr Crhthsg trddps td quhaoky ebpkdy rbhf`drablbfts. Htmkhmf trddps hf
Khcym (mf Htmkhmf adkdfy mt tgmt thlb) wbrb mksd pkmffhfn mf d``bfshvb df Bnypt. H`
Ghtkbr adfabftrmtbe ghs `drabs df tmohfn dvbr Fdrtg M`rham mfe tgb Qubz Amfmk hf
pmrthaukmr, tgb suaabss d` tghs amlpmhnf wms mkldst numrmftbbe df m sgdrt thlb samkb.
NbfbrmkMk`rbe Idek, Aghb` d` tgb Dpbrmthdfs Qtm`` d` tgb Mrlbe @drabs Ghng
Adllmfe (Dcbrodllmfed ebr ^bgrlmagt), prbsbftbe tghs strmtbny td Ghtkbr hf m
lbldrmfeul hf Iufb =85:. Qhlhkmr pkmfs wbrb mksd put `drwmre cy Brhag Smbebr,
37Mkbxmfebr Cbvhf,Ghtkbr Aduke Gmvb ^df ^drke ^mr HH9 Ugb @mtmk Brrdrs Ugmt Kbe UdFmzh Eb`bmt, 3::=
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kbmebr d` tgb Nbrlmf fmvy (Dcbrodllmfed ebr Lmrhfb)38. Gb pdhftbe dut tgmt m`tbr
dvbrtmohfn Qubz, ht wduke cbadlb bmsy td rbmag Uuroby vhm Zmkbsthfb mfe Qyrhm, mfe
tghs wduke `drab Uuroby td idhf tgb Mxhs aduftrhbs. Ugbf tgb adfsbauthvb d``bfshvb df
Susshm hf Burdpb wduke prdcmcky cb fdt fbabssmry mt mkk. Mfdtgbr pdsshckb rdutb td
Crhthsg Hfehm wms tgb dfb Fmpdkbdf gme pkmffbe td tmob m abftury cb`drb9 tgrdung tgb
Cmkomfs td Uuroby mfe tgbf td Abftrmk Mshm. M`tbr `drahfn Uuroby td cbadlb mf mkky,
tgb wmy wduke cb dpbf `urtgbr td Hrmf. Ugbrb, hf Hrmf, tgb rukbr Sbzm Zmgkmvh gme akdsb
thbs whtg Fmzh Nbrlmfy. Df tgb bvb d` wmr, Hrmfs lmhf trmehfn pmrtfbr wms Nbrlmfy
mfe Nbrlmfs wbrb hfvdkvbe hf lmfy tmsos mrdufe tgb aduftry, khob dpbfhfn `matdrhbs
dr cuhkehfn rdmes, rmhkrdmes mfe crhenbs. Rfkhob dtgbr pdwbrs, Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe
Susshm, Nbrlmfy ehe fdt pmrthahpmtb hf tgb adkdfhsmthdf d` tgb aduftry cb`drb lmohfn
prd`hts `rdl Hrmfs fmturmk rbsdurabs. Ugb Hrmfhmf kbmebr hs tgbrb`drb sylpmtgbtha td
Ghtkbr mfe whkkhfn td adkkmcdrmtb whtg tgb Fmzhs.
H` tgb pkmf wdros, tgb rdme td Hfehm wduke cb dpbf. Kbt us bxtrmpdkmtb tghs
sabfmrhd `urtgbr. H` tgb Nbrlmf trddps hf Fdrtg M`rham wbft df whtg tgbhr pkmf mfe
idhfbe tgb Impmfbsb mrly sdlbwgbrb hf tgb Lheekb Bmst dr Hfehm, tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf
wduke gmvb cbbf surrdufebe adlpkbtbky. H` tgb mkkhbe trddps mttmaobe mfe crbmagbe
RQQSs sdutg cdrebr, tgby aduke gmvb gme m ndde agmfab td ehvheb tgb Qdvhbt tbrrhtdry
hf gmkvbs tgus maghbvhfn m strmtbnha vhatdry. Ughs sabfmrhd lhngt kddo `mftmstha, cut wb
sgduke fdt `drnbt tgmt hf =853 Impmfbsb `drabs hf tgbhr lmrag td tgb ^bst rbmagbe
Curlm, tgb stmtb gmvhfn m adlldf cdrebr whtg Hfehm.
Zutthfn tgb pkmf hftd mathdf
Hf drebr td put tghs pkmf hftd mathdf ht wms `hrst fbabssmry td fbutrmkhzb tgb
tgrbmt `rdl tgb RQQS sheb. M`rmhe d` gmvhfn td `hngt m twd-`rdft wmr
tgb Nbrlmfs fhngtlmrb shfab ^drke ^mr H tgb @grbr trhbs td numrmftbb ghlsbk`mnmhfst cmttkhfn df tgb Bmstbrf `rdft cy shnfhfn m fdf-mnnrbsshdf trbmty whtg Qdvhbt
Susshm, tgb pmat d` Ldkdtdv-Shccbftrdp hf =818. Eurhfn hftbfshvb fbndthmthdfs
tgrdungdut =85: Nbrlmf kbmebrs wbrb bvbf tryhfn td lmob tgb RQQS idhf tgb Mxhs
mkkhmfab. Mktgdung tgbsb fbndthmthdfs `mhkbe cbamusb tgb Qdvhbt sheb wms eblmfehfn
ufmaabptmckb adfehthdfs, hts fbutrmkhty td Nbrlmf mathdfs sbblbe td cb numrmftbbe.
Ugb bvbfts hf tgb cbnhffhfn d` =85= sunnbst tgmt tgb Nbrlmfs stmrtbe amrryhfn
dut tgbhr pkmfs. Ugb Mxhs pdwbrs kmufagbe tgbhr hfvmshdf d` Xundskmvhmhf Mprhk =85=.
Ugb Ku`twm``b stmrtbe cy cdlcmrehfn Cbknrmeb, tgbf nrdufe dpbrmthdfs wbrb
38Agmrkbs Ugdlms, Ugb Nbrlmf Fmvy hf tgb Fmzh Brm, =88:
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ebpkdybe. Ugb Sdymk Xundskmv Mrlywms hf fd sgmpb td pusg cmao suag m pdwbr`uk
bfbly mfe wms `drabe td surrbfebr. @rdl tgbf df, Xundskmvhm, pmrtky daauphbe, pmrtky
mffbxbe, pmrtky m puppbtbbr stmtb, gme cbadlb tgb `hrst lhkbstdfb hf dpbfhfn m rdutb td
Abftrmk Mshm. Df tgb dtgbr gmfe, hf @bcrumry =85=, tgb sbadfe pmssmnb td Abftrmk Mshm
(tgrdung Fdrtg M`rham) wms mcdut td cb crbmagbe.
Hf Khcym, df @bcrumry =1, =85=, tgb Nbrlmf M`rham Adrps d` nbfbrmk Brwhf
Sdllbk gms kmfebe hf Urhpdkh. Kmtbr df, Sdllbks trddps ardss tgb Bnypthmf cdrebr.
Hf Hrmq, hf Mprhk =85= tgb Ndkebf squmrb adup tmobs pkmab. Ht wms hfsthnmtbe cy tgb
Nrmfe Lu`th Ldgmllme Mlhf mk-Gusmyfh, m prd-Fmzh adkkmcdrmtdr. Ugb prd-Crhthsg
rbnhlb d` Sbnbft Mceuk Hkmg wms ebpdsbe mfe Smsghe Mkh mk-Nmykmfh cbamlb Zrhlb
Lhfhstbr mfe hfstmkkbe m prd-Fmzh Hrmqh ndvbrflbft. Ugb Crhthsg rbmatbe cy sbfehfn
trddps td bfe tgb luthfy, cut gme td `mab tgb lhkhtmry d``bfshvb stmrtbe cy tgb Hrmqh
mrly. Ugb Nbrlmfs sbft mvhmthdf td Ldsuk mfe Cmneme td prdvheb suppdrt td tgb prd-
Fmzh. Ugbrb`drb tgb Qubz Amfmk hs fbmrky ckdaobe, Uuroby mfe Hrmf mrb Nbrlmfys
sylpmtghzbrs. Urddps mrb lmraghfn td lbbt Sdllbk `rdl tgb mkkhbe Hrmqh tbrrhtdry.
Ugb strmtbny d` tgb Mxhs pdwbrs sbbls td cb pbr`batky hlpkblbftbe.
Cut sdlbtghfn ndbs wrdfn mfe Ghtkbr agmfnbs ghs pkmfs. Gb kmufagbs m
prblmturb mttmao df tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, wghag ruhfs mkk ghs strmtbnhbs d` strhohfn tgb
RQQS `rdl tgb sdutg mfe tgrdung Abftrmk Mshm. ^b amffdt ofdw mkk tgb bxmat rbmsdfs
`dr tghs agmfnb d` pkmfs. Df dfb gmfe, tgb mevmfablbft d` Htmkhmf trddps hftd Bnypt
wms ufsuaabss`uk mfe ldrb Nbrlmf `drabs wbrb td cb ebpkdybe hf meehthdf td
Sdllbks trddps td cmao tgbhr mkky. Df tgb dtgbr gmfe, tgb Nbrlmfs adf`hebfab tgmt
fd RQQS strhob whkk tmob tgb Fmzhs cy surprhsb wghkb tgby mrb adfabftrmtbe df ldvhfn
tdwmres tgb Lheekb Bmst wms ufebrlhfbe. Df Lmy 2, =85= hf tgb Orblkhf, Qtmkhf
nhvbs m spbbag tgmt hs smhe td gmvb gme tbrrh`hbe Ghtkbr mfe urnbe ghl td mttmao tgb
Qdvhbt Rfhdf bmrkhbr tgmf bxpbatbe.1:
Hs tgb Nbrlmf mrly truky hfvhfahckb4 Fd. Ugbrb mrb fd hfvhfahckb mrlhbs mfe
tgbrb fbvbr gmvb cbbf. Ud eb`bfe dur aduftry, wb lust tmob tgb d``bfshvb
pdshthdf. ^b gmvb td swhtag `rdl m eb`bfshvb stmfab td mnnrbsshvb stmfab.
Qtmkhfs spbbag td Sbe Mrly d``habrs
1: Mkbxmfebr Cbvhf, Ghtkbr Aduke Gmvb ^df ^drke ^mr HH9 Ugb @mtmk Brrdrs Ugmt Kbe UdFmzh Eb`bmt, 3::=
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Bhtgbr wmy, Nbrlmf trddps ehe fdt nbt tgb fbabssmry rbhf`drablbfts td turf tgb
dees hf tgbhr `mvdur hf Fdrtg M`rham mfe tgb Hfehmf Nbrlmf pkmfs wbrb fdt
suaabss`uk.
Mkkhbs hf tgb `mab d` m adlldf bfbly
Ugb Mkkhbs wbrb mwmrb d` tgb pdsshckb strmtbnhbs `dr Nbrlmfys bxpmfshdf.
^hfstdf Aguraghkk wms prdcmcky tgb dfb wgd smw cbttbr tgmf mfycdey tgb prdcmchkhty
mfe emfnbr d` suag m tmatha. Hf m kbttbr td @rmfokhf Sddsbvbkt, Aguraghkk wmrfbe tgmt h`
Bnypt mfe Qubz wbrb kdst td Nbrlmfy, tgb shtumthdf d` tgb Mkkhbs wduke wdrsbf
shnfh`hamftky mfe sd bvbf h` tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs bftbrs tgb wmr df tgbhr sheb1=
. Bvbf m`tbrcbnhffhfn d` tgb hfvmshdf d` tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf hf Iufb =85=, tgb rhso d` Nbrlmfys
`drabs mttmaohfn hf tgb ehrbathdf d` Hrmf wms ghng.
Ht hs hlpdrtmft td rblblcbr tgmt ebsphtb Crhtmhfs strdfn prbsbfab hf tgb
pdkhthamk kh`b d` Zbrshm (mfe kmtbr Hrmf) hf tgb =81:s, Nbrlmfy wms mathvbky
adkkmcdrmthfn whtg kdamk mutgdrhthbs, gbkphfn td ebvbkdp tgb kdamk badfdly, ldebrfhzb
tgb hf`rmstruaturb mfe lhkhtmry `drabs. Ndbccbks prdpmnmfem ebphatbe Hrmfhmfs ms
ebsabfemfts d` Mrymfs. Xdufn Hrmfhmfs ms wbkk ms lhkhtmry d``habrs wbrb nbtthfn
tgbhr beuamthdf hf Nbrlmfy. Mktdnbtgbr tghs mkkdwbe Nbrlmfy td ebvbkdp vbry akdsb
thbs whtg Hrmf cy =85:, td suag bxtbft tgmt tgbrb wms m rbmk agmfab d` Hrmf idhfhfn tgb
Mxhs mkkhmfab. Qdlbtghfn gme td cb edfb td fbutrmkhzb tghs tgrbmt.
Hf Munust =85=, Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf mkky td kmufag mf hfvmshdf
hf Hrmf, adebfmlbe Dpbrmthdf Aduftbfmfab, dcvhdusky td adftmhf mfe stdp tgb
Nbrlmf prbsbfab hf tgb Lheekb Bmst. Ugb lmhf ndmk d` tgb dpbrmthdf wms td prbvbft
Hrmfhmf dhk `hbkes mfe pbtrdkbul hfeustry `rdl `mkkhfn hftd tgb gmfes d` tgb Mxhs
pdwbrs. Ugb sbadfe tmso wms td eb`bfe tgbZbrshmf adrrhedr (wghag wbft tgrdung Hrmf
hftd Qdvhbt Mzbrcmhimf), tgb rdutb usbe td trmfs`br suppkhbs adlhfn `rdl Crhthsg mhe
mfe tgb RQM Kbfe-Kbmsb td tgb RQQS.
Ugb daaupmthdf d` Hrmf eheft nd slddtgky. Ms wb smhe cb`drb, Qgmg Sbz!
Zmgkmvh wms sylpmtgbtha td Ghtkbr. Ugbrb`drb gb wms dppdsbe td tgb bftry d` Mkkhbe
`drabs df ghs aduftrys tbrrhtdry. Gdwbvbr, `rdl tgb Qdvhbt sheb tgbrb wms m kbnmk
1=Cbvhf Mkbxmfebr, Ghtkbr Aduke Gmvb ^df ^drke ^mr HH9 Ugb @mtmk Brrdrs Ugmt Kbe UdFmzh Eb`bmt, 3::=
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prbtbxt ushfn mrthakbs 2 mfe 0 d` tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp d` =83=. Ugb
Qdvhbt Rfhdf `drabe Hrmfhmfs td kbt tgb Mkkhbe `drabs hf.
() H` m @drbhnf Zdwbr sgduke tgrbmtbf tgb `rdfthbrs d` @bebrmk Susshm dr
tgdsb d` hts Mkkhbs, () Susshm sgmkk gmvb tgb rhngt td mevmfab gbr trddps hftd
tgb Zbrshmf hftbrhdr `dr tgb purpdsb d` amrryhfn dut tgb lhkhtmry dpbrmthdfs
fbabssmry `dr hts eb`bfab.
Mrthakb 0 d` tgb Sussd-Zbrshmf Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp (=83=)
Qdurab9 gttp9//tdpwmr.ru/==2:>-dpbrmahym-sdnkmshb.gtlk
Df Munust 32 =85= cdtg Crhthsg mfe Qdvhbt trddps bftbrbe Hrmfs tbrrhtdry.Sbzm Qgmg msobe tgb RQ prbshebft `dr gbkp, cut Sddsbvbkt rb`usbe mfe rbpkhbe tgmt
fbhtgbr Crhtmhf, fdr tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf gmvb tbrrhtdrhmk akmhls hf Hrmf. Crhthsg `drabs
mttmaobe hf tgb ehrbathdf d` Cmsrm hf tgb sdutg mfe `rdl Ohrouo hf tgb fdrtg. Qdvhbt
Rfhdf bfnmnbe tgrbb mrlhbs hf tgb fdrtg ushfn kmrnb fulcbrs d` tmfos mfe mhrpkmfbs.
Ugb trddps smw khttkb rbshstmfab `rdl tgb Hrmfhmf sheb mfe wbrb bfidyhfn
dvbrwgbklhfn supbrhdrhty cdtg hf tgb soy mfe df tgb nrdufe. Cy Munust 1: tg mathvb
dpbrmthdfs wbrb mkrbmey `hfhsgbe mfe mf mrlhsthab adfakuebe.
Df Qbptblcbr =0tg, Sbzm Qgmg wms ebpdsbe mfe rbpkmabe cy ghs sdf. Mkkhbe
trddps bftbrbe tgb amphtmk ahty d` Ubgrmf. Nbrlmfys hf`kubfab wms brmehamtbe mfe tgb
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Mkkhbs nmhfbe m sdkhe cmsb `dr pusghfn cmao mfy dtgbr Nbrlmf mttblpt mt adftrdk hf tgb
mrbm. Ugby tddo adftrdk dvbr Hrmfs rmhkrdmes mfe dhk `hbkes. Ugb Crhthsg `drabs
daauphbe tgb Qdutgbrf rbnhdfs d` Hrmf, wgbrbms tgb Qdvhbts tddo dvbr tgb Fdrtg. Ht hs
hftbrbsthfn tgmt tgbsbs zdfbs d` hf`kubfab wbrb arbmtbe hf mkldst tgb smlb wmy tgmt hf
=8:>, wgbf Zbrshm wms hfvmebe cy Crhtmhf mfe Susshm mfe tgb trbmty stmthfn tgb bfe
d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb wms shnfbe.
Hf =853 Hrmf rbnmhfbe `drlmk hfebpbfebfab mfe shnfbe mf mkkhmfab trbmty whtg
cdtg Crhtmhf mfe Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Hf Qbptblcbr =851 Hrmf ebakmrbe wmr df Nbrlmfy.
Mlbrhamf trddps idhfbe tgb Mkkhbe `drabs hf Hrmf hf =851 hf drebr td prdtbat tgb
Zbrshmf adrrhedr. Gdwbvbr, tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf obpt twd mrlhbs hf Hrmf ufthk tgb bfe d`
tgb wmr bvbf wgbf Ghtkbrs `drabs wbrb mpprdmaghfn Ldsadw mfe Qtmkhfnrme. Ughs
wms d``hahmkky bxpkmhfbe cy tgb `bmr d` pdsshckb mttmaos cy Uurohsg `drabs, cut sdlb
rbsbmragbrs cbkhbvb tgmt Qtmkhf matumkky ehe fdt `ukky trust ghs mkkhbs mfe prb`brrbe td
lmhftmhf Qdvhbt prbsbfab hf tghs oby rbnhdf.
M`tbr tgb wmr, cmao td tgb Nmlb
@hngts dvbr Hrmf
Dfab Ghtkbr wms eb`bmtbe mfe Nbrlmfy wbmobfbe mnmhf, tgb twd prdtmndfhsts
d` tgb Nrbmt Nmlb rbvhvbe tgbhr dke nruenbs. Qddf m`tbr tgb bfe d` tgb wmr, ^hfstdf
Aguraghkks @uktdfspbbag(hf wghag tgb hrdf aurtmhf hs lbfthdfbe `dr tgb `hrst thlb)
ebldfstrmtbs gdw quhaoky cdtg aduftrhbs ndt td bmag dtgbrs tgrdmt mnmhf.
Fdcdey ofdws wgmt Qdvhbt Susshm mfe hts Adllufhst hftbrfmthdfmk
drnmfhsmthdf hftbfes td ed hf tgb hllbehmtb `uturb, dr wgmt mrb tgb khlhts, h`
mfy, td tgbhr bxpmfshvb mfe prdsbkythshfn tbfebfahbs. 13
Cdtg Qtmtbs bftbr m `hngt dvbr wgds ndhfn td lmhftmhf hf`kubfab dvbr Hrmf mfe
tgb Hrmfhmf fmturmk wbmktg, sucsbqubftky prdvdohfn tgb Hrmf arhshs hf =850. Qdvhbt
Susshm wms mcsdkutbky ufwhkkhfn td quht Hrmf mfe cy tgmt kddsb gdke d` hts fdrtgbrf dhk
`hbkes. Ugbrb`drb sgb `mhks td whtgermw gbr trddps `rdl Zbrshmf tbrrhtdry ms sddf ms
13^hfstdf Aguraghkk's Hrdf Aurtmhf Qpbbag
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tgb emfnbr gms cbbf rbldvbe11ms sthpukmtbe hf tgb trbmty (tgb dfb tgmt mkkdwbe tgb
Mfnkd-sdvhbt hfvmshdf d` Hrmf hf tgb `hrst pkmab). Hf tgb m`tbrlmtg d` tgb daaupmthdf,
tgb Mkkhbe `drabs d``hahmkky gme m 0-ldftg ebmekhfb m`tbr tgb sbttkhfn d` mkk adf`khats td
whtgermw tgbhr trddps `rdl Hrmf. Ugb RQQS gdwbvbr akbmrky eheft sbb lmttbrs hf tghs
khngt.
M`tbr tgb `mkk d` Sbzm Qgmg hf =85=, fdt dfky tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf nmhfbe adftrdk
dvbr fdrtgbrf tbrrhtdrhbs, cut ht mksd lmeb pkmfs d` sprbmehfn tgb hebms d` sdahmkhsl. Hf
drebr td ed sd, tgb RQQS arbmtbe twd adlpkbtbky mrth`hahmk stmtbs whtg puppbt
ndvbrflbfts hf tgb fdrtg d` Hrmf9 tgb Mzbrcmhimf Zbdpkb's Ndvbrflbft mfe tgb
Sbpuckha d` Lmgmcme.15
Ugb ahthbs d` Umcrhz mfe Lmgmcme wbrb daauphbe mfe tgb
Qdvhbt trddps rblmhfbe hf tgb mrbm bvbf m`tbr tgb bxphrmthdf d` tgb ebmekhfb.
Ugb hftbrfmthdfmk adllufhty wms ebbpky trduckbe whtg tgb Qdvhbts akbmr
rbshstmfab td gbmrhfn mfy rbmsdf. Dfky m`tbr mf Hrmfhmf adlpkmhft gms cbbf suclhttbe
td tgb Rfhtbe Fmthdfs mfe gbmvy ehpkdlmtha prbssurb `rdl tgb adllufhty (ldstky
`rdl tgb RQM) tgb Qdvhbts, rbkuatmftky, whtgerbw. Ugb MZN mfe Lmgmcme gmppbfbe
td cb sgdrt-khvbe. Ugby ehsmppbmrbe ms sddf ms tgb Qdvhbts kb`t tgb daauphbe tbrrhtdrhbs
mfe Hrmfhmf trddps bftbrbe tgb rbnhdfs. Ugb puppbt d``hahmks d` tgb twd stmtbs bhtgbr
`kbe td tgb RQQS dr wbrb bxbautbe.
Ugb Mfnkd-Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy
Bvbf m`tbr lhkhtmry `drabs wbrb whtgermwf `rdl Hrmf, Crhthsg hf`kubfab hf tgb
aduftry ehe fdt kdwbr, ht cbamlb wms bfsurbe cy dtgbr lbmfs. Ugb lmhf qubsthdf wms9
wgd whkk cb adftrdkkhfn Hrmfs dhk rbsdurabs4 Ughs lmros mf hlpdrtmft turf hf tgb
Nrbmt Nmlb. @rdl fdw df, lhkhtmry `drab hs fd ldrb tgb sdkb mrnulbft hf tgb ehsputb.
Badfdlha thbs mfe ehpkdlmtha lmfdbuvrbs prbvmhk.Hf m`tbr wmr Hrmf, Crhtmhfs lmhf lbmfs d` hf`kubfab wms tgb Mfnkd-Zbrshmf
Dhk Adlpmfy(MZDA). Ht wms arbmtbe hf =8:8 ms sucshehmry d` m Qadtthsg dhk adlpmfy,
Curlmg Dhk. Qgdrtky cb`drb ^drke ^mr H, ^hfstdf Aguraghkk (tgbf @hrst Kdre d` tgb
Melhrmkty) wms kddohfn `dr wmys td rbeuab Crhtmhfs ebpbfebfay df `drbhnf dhk
11Sussd-Zbrshmf Urbmty d` @rhbfesghp (=83=), Mrthakb 0
15Qtbpgbf Ohfzbr, Mkk tgb Qgmg's Lbf, 3::7
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adlpmfhbs, Qtmfemre Dhk (RQM) mfe Sdymk Eutag Qgbkk (Eutag).12Ugb MZDA shnfbe
m adftrmat whtg tgb Crhthsg ndvbrflbft mfe numrmftbbe rbnukmr mfe sbaurb dhk suppkhbs
hf rbturf `dr 3 lhkkhdf d` fbw amphtmk. Gbfab`drtg ebtmhfhfn m adftrdkkhfn hftbrbst hf
MZDA, tgb Crhthsg ndvbrflbft cbamlb eb `matd tgb gheebf pdwbr cbghfe tgb
adlpmfy. MZDA ebvbkdpbe rmpheky df tgb rhag Hrmfhmf dhk `hbkes, gdwbvbr Hrmfhmf
pdpukmr rbsbftlbft d` tgb adlpmfy wms nrdwhfn strdfnbr tdd, cbamusb Hrmf dfky
rbabhvbe =0% d` fbt prd`hts `rdl tgb smkbs d` hts dwf rbsdurab. MZDA wms `drabe td
rbfbndthmtb tgb tbrls d` tgb adfabsshdf. Hf Ebablcbr =813, Crhtmhf gme td suclht tgb
Hrmfhmf dhk ehsputb td tgb Adufahk d` tgb Kbmnub d` Fmthdfs. Ugb kmttbr adfshebrbe tgb
Hrmfhmf akmhls kbnhthlmtb, tgb tbrls wbrb rbadfshebrbe mfe MZDA numrmftbbe tgb
Hrmfhmf ndvbrflbft m lhfhlmk mffumk pmylbft.10Lmfy dtgbr adftrdvbrshbs cbtwbbf
MZDA (rbfmlbe td MHDA, Mfnkd-Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy hf =812) mfe tgb Hrmfs
ndvbrflbft wbrb rbsdkvbe m`tbr strdfn ehsputbs.
M`tbr tgb Qbadfe ^drke ^mr mfe tgb whtgermwmk d` mkkhbe trddps MHDA
adfthfube mathvb dpbrmthdfs hf Hrmf. Gdwbvbr, tgb Hrmfhmf blpkdybbs d` tgb adlpmfy
wbrb fdt smths`hbe whtg tgb wmnbs mfe wdrohfn adfehthdfs, mfe tgbhr rbsbftlbft
rbsuktbe hf fulbrdus ebldfstrmthdfs. Ugb adlpmfy pmrthmkky maadlldemtbe tgb
rbqubsts cut tbfshdfs rblmhfbe cbtwbbf tgb adlpmfy mfe tgb ndvbrflbft. Ugb kmttbr
wmftbe td rbfbndthmtb tgb tbrls d` tgb dhk `hbkes adfabsshdfs. Ugb qubsthdf wms rmhsbe
cy tgbFmthdfmk @rdftpdkhthamk pmrty, kbe cy Ldgmllme Ld"meebq. Hf Lmrag =82=,
tgb Hrmfhmf Zmrkhmlbft ufmfhldusky medptbe m chkk d` fmthdfmkhzmthdf d` tgb dhk
hfeustry. Ld"meebq wms mppdhftbe Zrhlb Lhfhstbr d` tgb fbw Hrmfhmf ndvbrflbft.
Fdt kdfn m`tbr tgmt, hf Iufb =82=, tgb Fmthdfmk Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy wms arbmtbe.
MHDA wms fd kdfnbr tgb shfnkb matdr hf tgb aduftrys dhk hfeustry. Hrmf mttblptbe td
prdeuab mfe sbkk hts dhk hfebpbfebftky, bvbf tgdung Crhtmhf mfe tgb RQM rbshstbe tgb
Hrmfhmf dhk bftry df tgb lmrobt cy ckdaomeb lbmsurbs. Ht turfbe dut tgmt fdt dfky
badfdlha lbmsurbs wbrb blpkdybe. Hf Munust =821, Ldsmeebqs ndvbrflbft wms
dvbrtgrdwf cy m adup etmt mfe hts Zrhlb Lhfhstbr wms hlprhsdfbe. Hf =825 m
adfsdrthul wms `drlbe whtg strdfn hfvdkvblbft d` Mlbrhamf dhk adlpmfhbs, cut mksd
hfakuehfn MHDA, fdw amkkbe CZ -Crhthsg Zbtrdkbul, mfe tgb Adlpmnfhb @rmfmhsb
ebs Ztrdkbs, rbfmlbe kmtbr td Udtmk. Mktgdung tgb adfsdrthul maofdwkbenbe tgmt tgb
12CCA Fbws, "@rdl Mfnkd-Zbrshmf Dhk td CZ Mldad"Munust ==, =887gttp9//fbws.cca.ad.uo/3/gh/cushfbss/=58328.stl
10Bfayakdpmbehm Hrmfham, gttp9//www.hrmfhamdfkhfb.drn/mrthakbs/mfnkd-pbrshmf-dhk-adlpmfy
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Fmthdfmk Hrmfhmf Dhk Adlpmfy dwfbe tgb dhk `hbkes mfe hfeustrhmk `mahkhthbs, ht wms tgb
adfsdrthul tgmt adfeuatbe mkk tgb matumk dpbrmthdfs.
Lmfy adllbftmtdrs wbrb spbaukmthfn tgmt tgb adup etmt d` =821 wms
matumkky dragbstrmtbe cy Mlbrhamf sbarbt sbrvhabs. Ugb tgbdry wms hfehrbatky iusth`hbe
cy tgb `mat tgmt RQ dhk adlpmfhbs prd`htbe ldst `rdl tghs bvbft. Ughs dphfhdf wms
ufbxpbatbeky adf`hrlbe cy ebakmssh`hbe AHM edaulbfts puckhsgbe rbabftky cy tgb
R.Q.M. fmthdfmk sbaurhty mraghvb mt Nbdrnb ^msghfntdf Rfhvbrshty. Ugb edaulbfts
prdvheb ebtmhks df gdw RQ whtg tgb gbkp d` Crhtmhf pbr`drlbe tghs dpbrmthdf
adebfmlbe UZMIMW cy tgb AHM mfe Dpbrmthdf Cddt cy Crhtmhfs LH01>.
Shngt m`tbr tgb wmr mfe tgb ehsmppbmrmfab d` tgb Adlldf bfbly Nbrlmfy,
Crhtmhf mfe Susshm nbt cmao td tgbhr dke nruenbs. Ugb Hrmfhmf arhshs d` =850 mfe
sucsbqubft bvbfts amf cb adfshebrbe ms tgb `hrst shnfh`hamft bphsdeb hf tgb Adke ^mr
cbtwbbf tgb RQQS mfe gbr ^bstbrf aduftbrpmrts. Qhfab tgb arhshs tddo pkmab hf tgb
Lheekb Bmst, wb gbrb ermw m pmrmkkbk whtg tgb Nrbmt Nmlb d` tgb pmst. Ughs arhshs wms
tgb `hrst d` m sbrhbs d` adf`khats hf tgb rbnhdf. Ugb mathdfs nrmeumkky ldvbe `rdl
cmttkb`hbkes td dhk adlpmfhbs mfe sbarbt sbrvhabs cbamlb mf hlpdrtmft `matdr hf
nbdpdkhthamk ehsputbs.
Bvbf h` d``hahmkky tgb bfe d` tgb blphrb hs emtbe =88>, hf prmathab tgb Crhthsg
Blphrb gme dfky m `bw ldrb ybmrs td khvb. Hf =85>, Hfehm cbadlbs hfebpbfebft.
Adkdfhmk thlbs mrb dvbr. Cut tgb dke rhvmkry edbsft ehsmppbmr. M fbw, pdwbr`uk pkmybr
bftbrs tgb Nrbmt Nmlb, mfe whkk hf thlb eb `matd rbpkmab Crhtmhf df tgb `rdft stmnb9
tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs d` Mlbrham.
Ugb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs stmfes mt tghs thlb mt tgb phffmakb d` wdrke pdwbr.
^hfstdf Aguraghkk, =850
1> Q. O. Ebgngmf, S. Fdrtdf-Umykdr, AHM melhts td rdkb hf =821 Hrmfhmf adup, UgbGhfeu, 3=.:7.3:=1
gttp9//www.tgbghfeu.adl/fbws/hftbrfmthdfmk/wdrke/ahm-melhts-td-rdkb-hf-=821-hrmfhmf-adup/mrthakb2:53272.bab
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Zmrt HHH9Kddohfn `dr tgbNrbmt Nmlbhf tgb Adke wmr
!erdp d` dhk hs wdrtg m erdp d` ckdde
- Nbdrnbs Akblbfabmu
@rdl mkkhbs td bfblhbs
Ugb Adke wmr ehvhebs tgb wdrke
Ugb hebdkdnhamk nmp mfe tgb sucsbqubft tdtmk kmao d` ufebrstmfehfn cbtwbbf
Nrbmt Crhtmhf mfe Qdvhbt Susshm mfe tgbhr pbdpkb hs dfky tgb vhshckb pmrt d` tgb shkbft
adf`khat tgmt dppdsbs tgbl hf Burdpb mfe hf tgb rbst d` tgb wdrke. Ugb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs
blbrnbs ms tgb fbw supbrpdwbr m`tbr ^drke ^mr HH, tgmfos td lhfhlmk kdssbs mfe tgb
trblbfedus wbmktg maquhrbe wghkb trmehfn mfe suppdrthfn tgb cbkkhnbrbft aduftrhbs. Ht
wms tgbf dfky fmturmk `dr tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs td cbadlb tgb ldst hf`kubft pdwbr hf tgb
wdrke mfe surrdufe htsbk` whtg m spgbrb d` hf`kubfab9 tgb FMUDckdao hf =858. Ugb
RQQS rbtmkhmtbs cy tgb ^mrsmw pmat hf =822, wghag rbsukts hf tgb arbmthdf d` m
adllufhst ckdao mfe m sdkhe cu``br zdfb mrdufe tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Burdpb hs tdrf
mpmrt cy tgb Hrdf aurtmhf, gdwbvbr, ht hs fdt tgb dfky rbnhdf ehsputbe cy tgb twd
supbrpdwbrs. Ugb Lheekb Bmst mfe Abftrmk Mshm mrb sthkk oby tbrrhtdrhbs cbamusb d`
tgbhr fmturmk rbsdurabs, tgb hlpdrtmfab d` wghag obbps nrdwhfn. Dhk mfe nms gmvb
cbadlb tgb lmhf ldthvbs `dr mkldst bvbry akmsg cbtwbbf tgb stmtbs. Gdwbvbr, mkldst
bvbry thlb dutrhngt lhkhtmry mathdfs wbrb mvdhebe cbtwbbf tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf mfe hts
dppdfbfts. Ugb prdtmndfhsts bssbfthmkky rblmhfbe cbghfe tgb aurtmhfs mfe pukkbe tgb
strhfns, khob tgby ehe hf adf`khats suag ms tgb Mrmc-Hsrmbkh wmr.
@rdl Qtbtthf hf tgb Cmktha td Urhbstb hf tgb Merhmtha, mf hrdf aurtmhf gms
ebsabfebe mardss tgb Adfthfbft.
^hfstdf Aguraghkk
Qtrunnkbs dvbr tgb Qubz Amfmk
Ugb adfstruathdf d` tgb Amfmk stmrtbe ms m @rmfad-Bnypthmf prdibat. Bfnkmfe
wms dppdsbe td hts arbmthdf cbamusb tgb Amfmk dpbfbe m quhao mfe bmsy rdutb td tgb
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Hfehmf Dabmf mfe dpbfbe mf bmsy maabss td gbr adkdfhbs. Ms m lbmfs d` ehpkdlmtha
prbssurb, tgb Crhthsg maausbe tgb adfstruatdrs d` bxpkdhthfn wdrobrs, ushfn `drabe mfe
skmvb kmcdur mfe mttblptbe td stmrt luthfhbs mldfn tgb wdrobrs17. Ehsrbnmrehfn
vmrhdus ebkmys mfe gmkts hf tgb bxamvmthdf, tgb Qubz Amfmk wms `hfmkky `hfhsgbe hf
=708. Hf tgb =7>:s, ufebr tgb Cbfimlhf Ehsrmbkh ndvbrflbft, Crhtmhf rbebblbe tgb
Bnypthmf sgmrb (55%) hf tgb Qubz Amfmk Adlpmfy. Fdw tgmt Crhtmhf eheft ebpbfe df
tgb @rbfag mfe Bnypthmf nddewhkk td usb tgb Amfmk `dr gbr sghpphfn, hts bxhstbfab
eheft cdtgbr gbr mfyldrb, quhtb tgb dppdshtb hf `mat. Ht d``brbe Crhtmhf bmsy maabss td
tgb Sbe Qbm mfe Hfehm Dabmf, hts strmtbnha hlpdrtmfab strbfntgbfbe tgb Sdymk Fmvy
bvbf ldrb, nhvhfn ht mfdtgbr mevmftmnb df tgb adlpbthtdrs `kbbts, mfe prmathamkky
adftrdk dvbr tgb Lbehtbrrmfbmf. Hf =777, tgb Amfmk wms ebakmrbe fbutrmk cy tgb
Adfvbfthdf d` Adfstmfthfdpkbmfe wms eb `matdpkmabe ufebr Crhthsg survbhkkmfab. Hf
tgb 3:tg abftury whtg tgb ehsadvbry d` dhk, tgb Qubz Amfmk nmhfbe bvbf ldrb
hlpdrtmfab ms ht lmeb tgb wmy td tgb Zbrshmf Nuk` bmshbr. Eurhfn ^drke ^mr H,
Bfnkmfe ebakmrbe tgb Amfmk ufebr Crhthsg prdtbathdf (cb`drb tghs, tgb Amfmk eb iurb
cbkdfnbe td tgb Dttdlmf Blphrb). M`tbr tgb wmr, hf =833, Crhtmhf rbadnfhzbe Bnypts
hfebpbfebfab cut obpt strdfn hf`kubfab dvbr tgb aduftry mfe tgb Amfmk. Hf =810 tgb
Mfnkd-Bnypthmf trbmtyrbquhrbe Crhtmhf td kbt Bnypt cb nbfuhfbky hfebpbfebft mfe td
whtgermw mkk trddps, bxabpt tgdsb fbabssmry td eb`bfe tgb Qubz Amfmk. Ugb trddps
wbrb td rblmhf `dr 3: ybmrs ufthk =820, tgbf tgb mnrbblbft wms td cb rbfbndthmtbe mfe
rbfbwbe. Gdwbvbr, hf =823 Bnypt ndbs tgrdung tgb Iuky Sbvdkuthdf. Ugb Bnypthmf
ldfmragy hs ebpdsbe mfe Nmlmk Mcebk Fmssbr adlbs td pdwbr ms Zrhlb Lhfhstbr mfe
hf =820 ebahebs td fmthdfmkhsb tgb Qubz Amfmk, rbldvhfn ht `rdl ufebr Bfnkhsg
hf`kubfab.
Ughs ebahshdf wmobe Crhtmhfs mfahbft `bmrs, ms sgb wms ldrb tgmf ufwhkkhfn td
kbt nd d` tgb prbahdus mrtbry. Adftrdk d` tgb Qubz numrmftbbe tgb quhao mfe agbmp
sghpphfn d` dhk `dr @rbfag mfe Crhthsg fbbes, fdt td lbfthdf tgb prd`ht cdtg nmhfbe
`rdl tgbhr sgmrbs hf tgb Qubz Amfmk Adlpmfy. Cy =822, gmk` d` tgb amfmks trm``ha
maaduftbe `dr pbtrdkbul trmfspdrtmthdf fbbes. Uwd tghres d` tgb dhk ebsthfbe td
Burdpbmf adfsulpthdf wbrb pmsshfn tgrdung tgb Qubz.18
17Mrfdke. U. ^hksdf, Ugb Qubz Amfmk, =81818Emfhbk Xbrnhf, Ugb Zrhzb9 Ugb Bpha ]ubst `dr Dhk, Ldfby, mfe Zdwbr, =88= (agmptbr 35)
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Ebsphtb @rbfag mfe Crhthsg adfabrfs, Fmssbr ndbs df whtg ghs fmthdfmkhsmthdf
pkmf. Ugb trm``ha d` dhk tmfobrs tgrdung tgb amfmk wms ibdpmrehzbe (mfe bvbftumkky
hftbrruptbe wgbf mrlbe gdsthkhthbs cbnmf hf tgb rbnhdf). Ugbrb`drb, Crhtmhf, @rmfab
mfe tgbhr fbw mkky hf tgb lmttbr Hsrmbk pkdttbe td hfvmeb Bnypt mfe rbnmhf adftrdk
d` tgb amfmk eurhfn m sbarbt lbbthfn hf Qvrbshf Datdcbr =820. Ugby mnrbbe td kmufag
mf Hsrmbkh lhkhtmry mathdf mnmhfst Bnypt. @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf wduke tgbf hfvmeb ufebr
tgb prbtbxt d` sbpmrmthfn tgb cbkkhnbrbfts.5: @dkkdwhfn tghs sbarbt mnrbblbft, @rmfab
mfe Crhtmhf usbe tgbhr vbtd pdwbr hf tgb RF Qbaurhty Adufahk td ckdao tgb RQ
rbsdkuthdf df stdpphfn tgb Hsrmbkh mnnrbsshdf. Ugb twd mkkhbs tgbf lmeb tgbhr dwf
akmhls, rbquhrhfn tgmt cdtg Hsrmbk mfe Bnypt tddo tgbhr mrlhbs mwmy `rdl tgb Amfmk `dr
mt kbmst 1: ohkdlbtrbs. Bnypt rb`usbe td adlpky, @rmfab mfe Crhtmhf sbft hf tgbhr
trddps.
Ugbsb mathdfs mrdusbe sgmrp arhthahsl `rdl tgb hftbrfmthdfmk adllufhty,
bspbahmkky tgb RQM mfe tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf. Mlbrhamfs wbrb eblmfehfn tgmt mkk lhkhtmry
mathdf cb stdppbe. ^msghfntdf tgrbmtbfbe Hsrmbk whtg smfathdfs h` tgby eheft stdp
tgbhr lhkhtmry hfvdkvblbft5=. Ugb RQQS gme cbbf cmaohfn Fmssbrs Sbpuckhamf
rbnhlb, cy suppkyhfn wbmpdfs mfe prdvhehfn `hfmfahmk mhe. Hf pmrthaukmr, m`tbr Crhtmhf
mfe tgb RQ rb`usbe td gbkp Bnypt whtg tgb adfstruathdf d` tgb Mswmf Eml hf =822,
Fmssbr turfbe td tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf td nbt gbkp. D` mkk stmtbs, tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf gme tgb
ldst dlhfdus cbgmvhdur9 Fhohtm Ogrusgagbvs tgrbmts wbft `rdl shlpkb wmrfhfns up
td lbfmabs d` mtdlha cdlchfns df tgb cbkkhnbrbfts tbrrhtdrhbs.53Ugb RF `drlbe m
pbmabobbphfn dpbrmthdf td supbrvhsb tgb whtgermwmk d` mkk trddps `rdl tgb Qubz Arhshs.
Ugb arhshs ebldfstrmtbe tgb ^bstbrf stmtbs rbkhmfab df tgb Lheekb Bmst `dr dhk
mfe `dr hts trmfspdrtmthdf mfe gdw `mr tgby mrb whkkhfn td nd td sbaurb tgbhr hftbrbsts. Ht
mksd prdvbe tgmt tgb Nrbmt Nmlb hf tgb Lheekb Bmst wms sthkk ndhfn df, bvbf h` df tgb
sur`mab cdtg tgb Rfhtbe Qtmtbs mfe tgb RQQS eblmfebe td abmsb mkk `hrb. H` tgb adf`khat
gme bsamkmtbe, tgbrb hs prmathamkky fd educt tgmt ht wduke gmvb kbe td m `ukk samkb wmr
cbtwbbf tgb Adke wmrs lmhf prdtmndfhsts, bspbahmkky cbamusb d` Ogrusgagbvs tgrbmts
d` mtdlha cdlchfns. @dr tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, tgb arhshs adftrhcutbe td tgb nrdwtg d` hts
prbsthnb hf tgb aduftrhbs d` tgb Lheekb Bmst cbamusb tgb RQQS pdsbe ms tgbhr eb`bfebr
5:Hmf Ckmao, Qbarbts mfe khbs mt tgb gbmrt d` Crhtmhfs Lheekb Bmstbrf `dkky, Ugb Numrehmf,
Iuky ==, 3::0 gttp9//www.tgbnumrehmf.adl/uo/3::0/iuk/==/bnypt.pmst
5=Hmf Ckmao, M pmhf`uk kbssdf hf ehpkdlmay, Ugb Numrehmf, Datdcbr 1=, 3::0gttp9//www.tgbnumrehmf.adl/wdrke/3::0/dat/1=/wdrkeehspmtag.bnypt
53Idgf Kbwhs Nmeehs, Ugb Adke ^mr9 m fbw ghstdry, p. >:
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mnmhfst tgb ^bstbrf amphtmkhsl. Cy cmaohfn tgb Mrmcs fmthdfmkhsl, Ogrusgagbv
aduftbe df tgbl td sbb tgb RQQS ms tgbhr ldst trustwdrtgy `rhbfe. Ldrbdvbr, tgb
arhshs struao tgb prbsthnb mfe wbmobfbe tgb Mlbrhamfs akdsbst mfe ldst pdwbr`uk
Burdpbmf mkkhbs. Ht mksd maabkbrmtbe tgb `mkk d` tgb rblmhfhfn adkdfhmk melhfhstrmthdfs
hf tgb wdrke, mfe cy tgb =80:s, tgby wbrb dfky m `bw kb`t. Cdtg tgb RQM mfe tgb
RQQS wbrb strbfntgbfbe ms tgb wdrkes twd supbrpdwbrs. Crhtmhf gme td adf`rdft tgb
pmhf`uk trutg d` gmvhfn kdst gbr blphrb.
"Gb _Mftgdfy Bebf\ wms tgb kmst prhlb lhfhstbr td cbkhbvb Crhtmhf wms m nrbmt
pdwbr mfe tgb `hrst td adf`rdft m arhshs wghag prdvbe sgb wms fdt."
Ugb Uhlbs, Datdcbr =5, =887
Ugb Qdvhbt ^mr hf M`ngmfhstmf
Hf M`ngmfhstmf, m`tbr tgb Qmur rbvdkuthdf d` Mprhk =8>7 crdungt td pdwbr m
prd-Qdvhbt ndvbrflbft kbe cy ZEZM Zbdpkbs Ebldarmtha Zmrty d` M`ngmfhstmf,
rb`drls cmsbe df m sdahmkhst ldebk mrb ufebrwmy. M`ngmf rbkhnhdus kbmebrs mfe
kmfekdres ed fdt wbkadlb tgbsb agmfnbs mfe vbry sddf tgb aduftry nbts hftd m
nubrrhkkm wmr cbtwbbf tgb dppdshthdf mfe tgb ndvbrflbft. Ugb kmttbr msos tgb RQQS
`dr gbkp mfe m ehrbat lhkhtmry hftbrvbfthdf. Qdvhbt kbmebrs ebakhfbe tgb eblmfe sbvbrmk
thlbs, cut ehe cddst hfehrbat suppdrt td M`ngmfhstmfs kbnhthlmtb ndvbrflbft cy
hfarbmshfn suppkhbs d` wbmpdfs mfe `dde prdeuats. Ugbrb`drb, tgb RQQS wms tryhfn td
mvdhe wmr, ms hkkustrmtbe cy tgb `dkkdwhfn qudtb d` Mkbxbh Odsynhf, Agmhrlmf d` tgb
Qdvhbt Adufahk d` Lhfhstbrs9
^b cbkhbvb ht wduke cb m `mtmk lhstmob td adllht nrdufe trddps. _...\ H` dur
trddps wbft hf, tgb shtumthdf hf ydur aduftry wduke fdt hlprdvb. Df tgb
adftrmry, ht wduke nbt wdrsb. Dur trddps wduke gmvb td strunnkb fdt dfky whtg
mf bxtbrfmk mnnrbssdr, cut mksd whtg m shnfh`hamft pmrt d` ydur dwf pbdpkb.
Mfe tgb pbdpkb wduke fbvbr `drnhvb suag tghfns
@dr tgb Qdvhbt Rfhdf, tgb ldst dcvhdus mrnulbft hf `mvdur d` tgb hftbrvbfthdf
wms td eb`bfe tgb sdahmkhst rb`drls d` tgb prd-adllufhst ndvbrflbft. ^gbf hf
Qbptblcbr =8>8 m`tbr mf hftbrfmk strunnkb hfsheb ZEZM tgb fbw M`ngmf kbmebr
Gm`hzukkmg Mlhfhf m `ht d` phqub turfs td tgb RQ `dr gbkp, tgb pmthbfab d` tgb Qdvhbt
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Rfhdf kbmebrs hs mkldst bxgmustbe. Mf meehthdfmk ldthvb wms td bxpmfe tgb Qdvhbt
hf`kubfab, adfthfub hts bxpmfshdf mfe `urtgbr sprbme tgb hebms d` adllufhsl51hf tgb
wdrke mfe hf pmrthaukmr hf tgb strmtbnha mfe wbmktgy rbnhdf d` tgb Zbrshmf Nuk`. (Gbrb
wb dfab mnmhf stulckb updf tgb usumk stmobs hf tgb Nrbmt Nmlb9 tgb Lheekb Bmst mfe
hts rbsdurabs.) Udemy tgb d``hahmk Susshmf dphfhdf bxpkmhfs tgmt tgb Mlbrhamfs
cmaohfn d` tgb Luimgbebbf bvbf cb`drb tgb Qdvhbt hfvmshdf (ms ht wms kmtbr rbvbmkbe
cy tgb AHM9 shx ldftgs cb`drb tgb hftbrvbfthdf)55wms tgb `hfmk strmw.
Ms tgb Qdvhbt trddps wmnb wmr mnmhfst M`ngmf dppdshthdf td tgb rbnhlb, tgb
Rfhtbe-Qtmtbs mrb tgbrb td cmao tgb rbcbks. Ugbrb`drb, tgb twd lmhf pkmybrs d` tgb
Nrbmt Nmlb mrb df stmnb mnmhf mfe `hngt td tgb chttbr bfe, wgmtbvbr tgb adst ht sbbls.
Kb Fduvbk Dcsbrvmtbur9 Mfe mksd, edf't ydu rbnrbt gmvhfn gbkpbe `uturb
tbrrdrhsts, gmvhfn nhvbf tgbl wbmpdfs mfe mevhab4
Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh9 ^gmt hs ldst hlpdrtmft `dr wdrke ghstdry4 Ugb Umkhcmf
dr tgb `mkk d` tgb Qdvhbt Blphrb4 Qdlb Hskmlha gdtgbmes dr tgb khcbrmthdf d`
Abftrmk Burdpb mfe tgb bfe d` tgb adke wmr4
Hftbrvhbw d` Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh, Kb Fduvbk Dcsbrvmtbur, =887
Ugb Qdvhbt hftbrvbfthdf hf M`ngmfhstmf turfbe dut td cb m adlpkbtb ehsmstbr `dr
tgb RQQS mfe hf m wmy maabkbrmtbe hts ebnbfbrmthdf mfe bvbftumk adkkmpsb.
M nhmft whtg `bbt d` akmy
Ugb Nrbmt Nmlb amf dfky tmob pkmab cbtwbbf twd bqumk pdwbrs. Ms sddf ms
dfb kddsbs nrdufe, tgb Nmlb abmsbs td cb. Hf tgb lheekb d` tgb =8>:s tgb RQQS hs mt
tgb phffmakb d` hts pdwbr mfe hf`kubfab. Fdcdey wduke gmvb eductbe hts bqumkhty
whtg tgb RQM. Gdwbvbr, tgb Qdvhbt systbl su``brs `rdl badfdlha mfe struaturmk
wbmofbssbs tgmt eheft lmob ht vhmckb df tgb kdfn tbrl. Ugb `mkk d` dhk prhabs hf tgb
bfe d` tgb =87:s wms tgb kmst trhnnbr hf tgb Qdvhbt blphrbs eblhsb.
51Adkhf Nrmy, ^mr, Zbmab mfe Hftbrfmthdfmk Sbkmthdfs - Mf Hftrdeuathdf td Qtrmtbnha Ghstdry ,
3::>, p.371.
55Sdcbrt Nmtbs,@rdl tgb Qgmedws9 Ugb Rkthlmtb Hfshebr's Qtdry d` @hvb Zrbshebfts mfe GdwUgby ^df tgb Adke ^mr, 3::>
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Mf badfdlha `mhkurb
Ugb bxtrmdrehfmry prd`ht tgb RQQS nmhfbe `rdl hts rbsdurabs wms wmstbe.
Ldst d` tgb hfvbstlbfts hf mnrhaukturb mfe tgb lhkhtmry-hfeustrhmk adlpkbx wbrb
hfb``hahbft. Ugb mrls rmab whtg tgb RQM wms tgb lmhf bxpbfehturb d` tgb Qdvhbtbadfdly. Ldst d` tgb hfvbstlbfts hf sahbfab adfabrfbe lhkhtmry sahbfab mfe gmk` d`
tgb Qdvhbt rbsbmrag mfe ebvbkdplbft gme dfky m lhkhtmry ndmk. Ugb RQQS ermsthamkky
hfarbmsbe hts eb`bfab spbfehfn hf drebr td rbmag tgb lhkhtmry lhngt d` tgb FMUD
ckdao. @urtgbrldrb, hf tgb =80:s Qdvhbt `rhbfesghp whtg Aghfm ebtbrhdrmtbs quhaoky,
wghag kbmes td mf mrlbe adf`khat (tgb Qhfd-Qdvhbt cdrebr adf`khat dvbr tgb Ygbfcmd
Hskmfe hf tgb @mr Bmst). Ugbfab tgb Qdvhbt kbmebrsghp stmrts adfshebrhfn tgb pdsshchkhty
d` m `ukk-samkb wmr whtg Aghfm. Ms m adrdkkmry d` tgbsb rb`kbathdfs9 hfarbmsbe lhkhtmry
spbfehfn, mnmhf. Susshms gypbrtrdpghbe lhkhtmry hfeustry edbs fdt mkkdw dtgbrs
sbatdrs d` tgb badfdly td ebvbkdp.
Mfdtgbr adlpkbtbky ufprd`htmckb (hf tbrls d` badfdlhas) bftbrprhsb wms tgb
mhe mfe `hfmfahmk suppdrt tgb RQQS prdvhebe td `drbhnf sdahmkhst mfe prd-adllufhst
aduftrhbs. Ugb Qdvhbt Rfhdf `hfmfabe mfe suppdrtbe suag prdibats ms tgb Mswmf eml
hf Bnypt. Qdvhbt ebshnfs, bquhplbft mfe kmcdur wbrb sbft dut td gbkp hfeustrhmkhzb mfe
ldebrfhzb tgb Zdpukmr Sbpuckha d` Aghfm rhngt m`tbr hts arbmthdf, mfe sd df. Mkk d` tghs
wms lmeb td sprbme tgb RQQSs hf`kubfab mfe hebdkdny, cut hf tbrls d` badfdlha
prd`ht, ht wms m cdttdlkbss pht.
Hfgbrbft struaturmk wbmofbssbs
Ugb Brm d` stmnfmthdf ehe fdt m``bat tgb badfdly mkdfb, ht mksd kbe sdahmk
ldchkhty, rdtmthdf mfe nrdwtg (wghag wbrb sthlukmtbe cy tgb Sbvdkuthdf mfe eurhfn
tgb Qtmkhf brm) whtghf tgb Qdvhbt mppmrmtus td m `ukk stdp. Ugb Zdst-Qtmkhf bkhtb dfky
wdrrhbe mcdut sbaurhfn hts pdshthdfs ms akdsbr td pdwbr ms pdsshckb. Mt `hrst tgby
maghbvbe `ukk pbrsdfmk (tgmt hs td smy pgyshamk) sbaurhty, tgbf mcsdkutb hllufhty mfe
cy tgmt tdtmk hrrbspdfshchkhty, wghag lmeb ebmtg cy fmturmk amusbs tgb dfky rbmsdfmckb
ldthvb `dr rbthrblbft. Qucsbqubftky, tgb Crbzgfbv Qtmnfmthdf brm crdungt td pdwbr m
cufag d` kbmebrs d` strhohfn hfadlpbtbfab52
. Zdst-Qtmkhf Qdvhbt kbmebrs mfe tgbhr
adufahkkdrs lmeb m sbrhbs d` lmfmnblbft mfe struaturmk lhstmobs, `dr bxmlpkb, cy fdt
adfeuathfn rb`drls tgmt aduke gmvb strbfntgbfbe tgb RQQS mfe hts systbl. Ht wms tgb
52Xbndr Nmhemr, Adkkmpsb d` mf Blphrb9 Kbssdfs `dr Ldebrf Susshm, 3::>
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amsb hf =802 whtg tgb amfabkkmthdf d` tgb Odsynhf rb`drls, wghag wbrb lbmft td
hfarbmsb tgb badfdlha hfebpbfebfab d` bftrbprbfburs mfe tgbrb`drb sthlukmtb nrdwtg.
Qhfab tgb kmtb =8>:s tgb Qdvhbt nrdss fmthdfmk prdeuat nrdws dfky 3 % pbr
ybmr, wgbrbms tgb stmtb cuenbt eb`haht nrbw td =1 % d` NEZ cy =878.50 Hfstbme d`
aurhfn tgb ehsbmsb cy adfeuathfn tgb fbbebe rb`drls, tgb kmst Qdvhbt kbmebrs strunnkb
td trbmt tgb sylptdls (tgb wgbmt mfe `dde prdeuats eb`haht, hfeustrhmk mfe mnrhaukturmk
hfb``hahbfay). Hf tgb lheekb d` tgb =8>:s, tgb RQQS bftmfnkbs htsbk` hftd `drbhnf
ebcts. Cy tgb kmtb =87:s, tgb Qdvhbt `drbhnf ebct rbprbsbfts mcdut $52 chkkhdf
adlpmrbe td $33 chkkhdf hf =875.5>
Ms h` tghs wms fdt bfdung, tgb Qdvhbt ndvbrflbft nbts cdnnbe edwf hf tgb
lbssy wmr whtg M`ngmfhstmf. Ugb wmr bfrmnbs pdpukmr dphfhdf mfe wbmobfs bvbf
ldrb tgb pbdpkbs trust hf tgb ndvbrflbft, mkrbmey ufebrlhfbe cy tgb stmnfmthdf mfe
pbrshstbft suppky sgdrtmnb.
@dr mkldst =: ybmrs, Ldsadw gme td amrry df m wmr ufcbmrmckb `dr tgb
ndvbrflbft, m adf`khat wghag crdungt mcdut tgb ebldrmkhzmthdf mfe `hfmkky tgb
`mkk d` tgb Qdvhbt blphrb.57
Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh
Ugb adkkmpsb
Df Fdvblcbr =>, =8>1, ms m rbspdfsb td tgb RQMs suppdrt d` Hsrmbk hf tgb
Mrmc-Hsrmbkh wmr, tgb Mrmc Zbtrdkbul Bxpdrthfn Aduftrhbs adfakuebe m pmat cbtwbbf
tgbl. Ugby ermlmthamkky kdwbrbe tgbhr dhk bxtrmathdf mfe hts bxpdrtmthdfs, tgus
prdvdohfn tgb `hrst dhk arhshs. Qmueh Mrmchm, tgb wdrkes nrbmtbst dhk bxpdrtbr, rbeuabe
hts dhk bxtrmathdf cy =:% mfe hlpdsbe mf blcmrnd df hts bxpdrtmthdfs td tgb RQM. Mldftg kmtbr, tgb Mrmc aduftrhbs ebakmrbe tgby wduke rbeuab tgb bxtrmathdf d` dhk cy
7:% h` tgb RQM edbs fdt abmsb td suppdrt Hsrmbk. H` tgb RQM wbrb td usb lhkhtmry
`drab, tgb dhk ebpdshts wduke cb ebstruatbe. Ugb dhk arhsbs d` =8>1 mfe =8>8
mppmrbftky prd`htbe td dfb aduftry9 tgb RQQS tgrhvbe df tgbsb ghstdrhamkky ghng dhk
50"Ndrcmagbv's Badfdlha Zrdnrmls9 Ugb Agmkkbfnbs Mgbme", AHM, Eba. =877.
5>"RQQS9 Adphfn whtg tgb Ebakhfb hf Gmre Aurrbfay Sbvbfubs", AHM, Mprhk =877.
57Hftbrvhbw whtg Ychnfhbw Crzbzhfsoh, Zrbshebft Ihlly Amrtbr's Fmthdfmk Qbaurhty Mevhsbr,Kb Fduvbk Dcsbrvmtbur, =887
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prhabs. Bmsy adlb, bmsy nd9 tgb dhk bupgdrhm wms fdt td kmst mfe quhaoky turfbe dut td
cb RQQSs