Frontiers of the State in the Late Ottoman Empire
Subtitle: Transjordan, 18501921 (Cambridge Middle East Studies)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780521663120
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Middle East - History; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; Turkey; Middle East - General; History / Middle East; Jordan--History; Boundaries; History; Jordan; Turks
First sentence: To give you an idea of the difficulties which the Turkish government supposed there would be for an Englishman to go to Kerek and Wady Mousa, it is necessary to say that when Mr. Bankes applied at Constantinople to have these places inserted in his firman, they returned for answer, "that they knew of none such within the Grand Seignior's dominions."