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About this book
This book, first published in 1948, grew out of a series of lectures delivered since the War at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies to British students who required a solid grounding in Middle East history and politics to assist in fitting them for active careers in the region. These lectures, by a leading specialist on Middle Eastern history, generated such interest that they were adapted and published in book form for a wider reading public. The book forms a comprehensive introduction to the history of the Middle East.
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Index
Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt, 114, 117, 197 n. 1.
Abbasids, 26-34, 46, 50, 56.
Abduh, Sheikh Mohammed, 117.
Abdul Hadi, Awni, 121, 154.
Abdul Hamid II, 90, 94, 96, 104, 120, 127 n. 1.
Abdullah, King of Transjordan, 125, 141, 160, 162, 185, 245–6, 278, 280.
Abuqir Bay, Battle of, 73.
Aden, 74, 80, 83, 127.
Afghani, Jamal ud-Din al, 111.
Afghanistan, 69, 80, 87–8, 94, 198, 262.
Agriculture, 1, 3, 11, 27, 119, 233, 236, and see Irrigation.
’Ahd, al-(political society), 122, 125, 140–1.
Akka (Acre), 46, 48, 51, 73.
Alawis, 164, 245 n. 1, and see Latakia.
Aleppo, Medieval, 34, 46, 50, 52–3;
Ottoman, 62, 65, 68, 70;
Modern, 164, 256, 277, 280.
Alexandretta, Sanjaq of, 191, 280.
Alexandria, Ancient and Medieval, 5, 8, 16, 52–3;
Ottoman, 61, 65, 68;
Modern, 112–13, 172.
Ali, Caliph, 19, 21.
Ali Bey of Egypt, 63, 72.
Allenby, Lord, 134, 137, 167.
Almohades and Almoravides, 39.
American University of Beirut, 103.
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry (Palestine), 212–13.
Anglo-Egyptian Treaty (1936), 171–3, 227.
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., 94, 96, 232 n. 1, 264, 273.
Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (1930, 1948), 174, 231.
Anglo-Persian Agreement (1919), 261–2.
Anglo-Russian Agreement (1907), 94, 96.
Antioch, 5, 9, 41, 46, 48, 51.
Arab Bureau (Cairo), 127, 138.
Arab character, 20–2, 31, 124.
Arab Higher Committee/Executive (Pa...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Original Title
- Original Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps
- INTRODUCTION
- I. A.D. 600—THE MIDDLE EAST IN DISINTEGRATION
- II. THE RISE AND DECLINE OF THE MUSLIM CIVILIZATION, (610-1517)
- III. THE OTTOMAN AND PERSIAN EMPIRES, AND THE GROWTH OF EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE (1517-1770)
- IV. BRITAIN AND HER RIVALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (1770-1914)
- V. MODERNIZATION AND THE GROWTH OF NATIONALISM, (1800-1917)
- VI. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1918-39)
- VII. THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AFTER (1939-48)
- VIII. PRESENT-DAY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- IX. RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (1907-47)
- X. THE WESTERN POWERS AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO-DAY
- LIST OF AUTHORITIES
- INDEX