The Islamic world in decline : from the Treaty of Karlowitz to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire / Martin Sicker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sicker, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--History--1683-1829.

Turkey.

Turkey--History--1829-1878.

Turkey--History--1878-1909.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The long era of Muslim political ascendancy that began in a small region of western Arabia reached its pinnacle some nine hundred years later with the siege of Vienna by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1529. Suleiman then concluded that, given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Muslim expansionism in Eurasia had run its course. The subsequent decline of Ottoman power also meant, in effect, the decline of political Islam, which had been intimately bound to it for centuries. As Sicker shows, the problems faced by the Ottoman Empire were also faced by the Persian Empire and both underwent an extended period of political decline and territorial retrenchment in the face of imperialist pressures from Europe and Asia. The greatest challenge to the world of political Islam came from Western Europe, especially France and Great Britain. The Ottoman and Persian empires assumed a global importance in the 19th century, not because of anything in them of intrinsic economic value, but because of their geopolitical and geostrategic significance. They became, in effect, a buffer zone separating Europe from the wealth of the East, at a time when European imperialism was on the march in Asia. It thus came about that the rivalries of the Great Powers, most especially those of Great Britain, France, and Russia, were played out in the Middle East. This book will serve as a vital resource for students, scholars, and other researchers involved with Middle East History, Political Islam, and Modern European History.

Contents:

Cover

THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN DECLINE

Contents

Introduction

1 The Ottoman-Safavid Conflict

NOTES

2 Turbulence on Persia's Frontiers

3 Balance of Power in Southeastern Europe

4 Beginnings of the Russo-Ottoman Conflict

5 Decline and Fall of the Safavid State

6 The Era of Nadir Shah

7 Russian Imperialism under Catherine the Great

8 Developments in the Ottoman and Persian Spheres

9 Napoleon Enters the Middle East

10 The Era of Muhammad Ali

11 Anglo-Russian Rivalry in the Persian Sphere

12 The War of 1828 and Its Aftermath

13 The Crimean War

14 Britain and Russia in Persia and Central Asia

RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN CENTRAL ASIA

15 The Russo-Turkish War of 1877

NOTE

16 Confrontations in the Persian Gulf and Egypt

THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT

17 Resurgence of Anglo-Russian Rivalry

18 The Close of the Ottoman Era

GERMANY ENTERS THE MIDDLE EAST

THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION

THE FIRST BALKAN WAR

19 The Last Ottoman War

THE DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN

MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF

THE CAMPAIGN IN PALESTINE-ENDGAME

20 The Dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire

THE FINAL SETTLEMENT AT LAUSANNE

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.

ISBN:

9798400673030

9780313000959

0313000956

OCLC:

49870060