Historical Dictionary of Cyprus

SM Farid Mirbagheri is professor of international relations and holds the Dialogue Chair in Middle Eastern studies at the University of Nicosia. His enduring interest in Cyprus, inter alia, goes back to 1980s. His publications on this topic include International Peacemaking in Cyprus from 1964 to 1986 (1997) and Historical Dictionary of Cyprus (2010). He is a former editor of the Cyprus Review. Emilios A. Solomou, PhD, is a historian and director of UNESCO Chair at the University of Nicosia. He serves as the president of the Cyprus Society of Historical Studies, Fellow of the Historical Association of Britain and the Managing Editor of the Cyprus Review. Amongst other publications he coedited two books on Colonial Cyprus 1878-1960 and Independent Cyprus 1960-2010.

Editor’s Foreword (Jon Woronoff)

Acknowledgements

Preface

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Maps

Chronology

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

Appendix I:Presidents of the Republic of Cyprus

Appendix II:Turkish Cypriot Leaders

Appendix III:UN Special Representatives

Appendix IV:UNFICYP Force Commanders

Appendix V: The Lusignan Rulers of Cyprus

Appendix VI: British Personnel 1878-1960

Appendix VII: Archbishops of the Cyprus Orthodox Church

Appendix VIII: Some Byzantine Emperors who had a direct Impact on events in Cyprus

Appendix IX: The two Ottoman Emperors marking the beginning and the end of Ottoman rule in Cyprus

Appendix X: Venetian Rulers (Doges) marking the beginning and the end of Venetian rule in Cyprus

Glossary

Bibliography

About the Authors