Promised Lands (eBook)

The British and the Ottoman Middle East

Jonathan Parry (Autor)

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2022
480 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23145-7 (ISBN)

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A major history of the British Empire's early involvement in the Middle EastNapoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 showed how vulnerable India was to attack by France and Russia. It forced the British Empire to try to secure the two routes that a European might use to reach the subcontinentthrough Egypt and the Red Sea, and through Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Promised Lands is a panoramic history of this vibrant and explosive age.Charting the development of Britain's political interest in the Middle East from the Napoleonic Wars to the Crimean War in the 1850s, Jonathan Parry examines the various strategies employed by British and Indian officials, describing how they sought influence with local Arabs, Mamluks, Kurds, Christians, and Jews. He tells a story of commercial and naval powerboosted by the arrival of steamships in the 1830sand discusses how classical and biblical history fed into British visions of what these lands might become. The region was subject to the Ottoman Empire, yet the sultan's grip on it appeared weak. Should Ottoman claims to sovereignty be recognised and exploited, or ignored and opposed? Could the Sultan's government be made to support British objectives, or would it always favour France or Russia?Promised Lands shows how what started as a geopolitical contest became a drama about diplomatic competition, religion, race, and the unforeseen consequences of history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.2.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 7 maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • Aeschylus • Anglo-Persian War • Anglo-Russian • Anglo-Turkish War (1807–09) • Appeasement • arab revolt • arabs • Bernardino Drovetti • blood libel • British influence • Caliphate • Catholic Emancipation • Charles Napier (Royal Navy officer) • Christian Identity • Christianity • Concert of Europe • Continental Navy • counterforce • Crimean War • Crusades • Cult of the offensive • Disarmament • Divan • Druze • Eastern Question • edict • Edward Said • egyptian government • egyptians • Egypt (Roman province) • Entente Cordiale • Euripides • Franco-Ottoman alliance • French campaign in Egypt and Syria • French intervention in Mexico • French invasion of Russia • General Treaty • George Canning • Giovanni Battista Belzoni • God • Grand Vizier • Great Power • Greek war of independence • Grenville ministry • hejaz • Holy Alliance • Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca • imperialism • Indian Rebellion of 1857 • Islam • Jewish political movements • Jews • khedive • Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem • Letter of appointment • Levant Company • Massawa • Middle East • Muhammad Ali of Egypt • Napoleon • napoleonic wars • Napoleon III • Nestorianism • Nestorius • New Centre • Order of the Crescent • Orientalism • Ottoman dynasty • Ottoman Empire • Partitions of Poland • Patriarchalism • popular sovereignty • Prester John • Protestantism • Puritans • Reform Act 1832 • Religion • Richard Cobden • Romanism • russians • Secret treaty • security dilemma • Siege of Acre (1189–91) • Siege of Herat (1838) • Slavery • Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge • Superiority (short story) • Sykes–Picot Agreement • Tanzimat • The Great Game • The Other Hand • The Way Forward • Tories (British political party) • Treaty of Amiens • Walmer Castle • warfare • Whiggism • yazidis • Zionism
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23145-1 / 0691231451
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23145-7 / 9780691231457