Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, 1516 1922: A Political History

Part I . The Ottoman Heyday. The Rise And Zenith Of The Ottoman Empire; The Overthrow Of The Mamluk Sultanate; Suleyman The Magnificent And The Arab Lands -- Part Ii. The Ottoman Decline. The Ottoman Empire In Decline; Egypt In The Seventeenth Century; The Ascendancy Of The Beylicate In Eighteenth-century Egypt; Ottoman Decline And The Syrian Province; The Amirate Of The Ma'nids And Shihabs In Lebanon; The Ascendancy Of Zahir Al-'umar And Al-jazzar In Syria; The Iraqi Provinces In The Period Of Ottoman Decline; Two Challenges: The Wahhabis And Bonaparte -- Part Iii. The Last Phas Of Ottoman Rule -- The Revival Of The Ottoman Empire; Muhammad 'ali Pasha; Egypt At The Crossroads; Egyptian Nationalism And The British Occupation; Syria And Lebanon During The Ottoman Revival; The Iraqi Provinces During The Ottoman Revival; The Emergence Of Arab Nationalism; The First World War; The Post-war Settlement In The Fertile Crescent And Egypt. [by] P. M. Holt. Includes Bibliographical References. Contents Preface Abbreviations Notes on Illustrations Introduction: The Geographical, Social and Historical Background Part I The Ottoman Heyday The Rise and Zenith of the Ottoman Empire The Overthrow of the Mamluk Sultanate Süleyman the Magnificent and the Arab Lands Part II The Ottoman Decline The Ottoman Empire in Decline Egypt in the Seventeenth Century The Ascendancy of the Beylicate in Eighteenth-Century Egypt Ottoman Decline and the Syrian Provinces The Amirate of the Ma'nids and Shihäbs in Lebanon The Ascendancy of Zähir al-cUmar and al-Jazzar in Syria The Iraqi Provinces in the Period of Ottoman Decline Two Challenges : The Wahhabis and Bonaparte Part III The Last Phase of Ottoman Rule The Revival of the Ottoman Empire Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha Egypt at the Crossroads Egyptian Nationalism and the British Occupation Syria and Lebanon during the Ottoman Revival The Iraqi Provinces during the Ottoman Revival The Emergence of Arab Nationalism The First World War The Post-War Settlement in the Fertile Crescent and Egypt Postscript: The Anglo-French Paramountcy and its Passing Chronological Table Genealogical Tables Bibliography Index