The Ottoman Gulf: The Creation of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and QatarWhat caused the decline of the Ottoman empire in the Persian Gulf? Why has history credited only London, not Istanbul, with bringing about the birth of the modern Gulf States? Using the Ottoman imperial archives, as well as European and Arab sources, Anscombe explains how the combination of poor communication, scarce resources, and misplaced security concerns undermined Istanbul's control and ultimately drove the Gulf shaikhs to seek independence with ties to the British. |
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Contents
Introduction | 2 |
The Setting | 9 |
Resurrection of the Ottoman Role in the Gulf | 16 |
Midhat Pashas Inspection of Hasa and His Plan | 33 |
The Chance for Adjustment and Stability 18721893 | 54 |
The Case of Kuwait | 91 |
Kuwait 18991913 | 113 |
Arabia 18961914 | 143 |
CONCLUSION | 167 |
Ottoman Officials and Heads | 175 |
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Abdallah Abdülhamid II action ADJUSTMENT AND STABILITY administration Agustos Ajman amir Arab attack Baghdad Bahrain Basra Vali bedouin Bidwell Britain British Busch CHANCE FOR ADJUSTMENT coast Council of Ministers Doha eastern Arabia empire Eylül force foreign garrison Gazetteer Grand Vezir Gulf Ha'il Hamdi Hasa Hasa's Hasawis Haziran Hijaz Hufuf Hufuſ Ibn Rashid Ibn Sa'ud India INSPECTION OF HASA Interior Minister Irade Dahiliye 44930 Irade Meclis-i Mahsus Iraq Istanbul Kānun-i evvel Kānun-i sani kaymakam kaza Kuwait land leaders Lorimer Mayıs Midhat military Minister to Grand Mubarak Mubarak al-Sabah Muhammad Muhsin Muntafiq mutasarrif Najd naqib naval Necd notables O'Conor officials Ottoman rule Pasha Porte problems province Qasim Qatar Qatif reform revenue Riyadh Saldana sancak Saud's Saudi shaikh shaikh of Bahrain ships Sultan Abdülhamid Ta'rikh taxes territory Tesrin-i threat trade tribal tribes troops unrest Uqayr Vezir to Basra Wahhabi Y-A Resmî Yusuf Zubara
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| Title | The Ottoman Gulf: The Creation of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar |
| Author | Frederick F. Anscombe |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0231108389, 9780231108386 |
| Length | 270 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Middle East / General |
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