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Rivers of the Sultan : the Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire / Faisal H. Husain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Husain, Faisal H., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Political aspects.
- Water-supply.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- In the early sixteenth century, a series of military campaigns between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf brought the entirety of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers under Ottoman control. This book offers a history of this rare political unification of the longest rivers in West Asia and its impact on the Ottoman state, provincial society, and the environment.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-754729-X
- 0-19-754730-3
- 0-19-754728-1
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