The Pasha
Subtitle: How Mehemet Ali Defied the West, 1839-1841
Publisher: McFarland; McFarland & Company
Published: July 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780786428939
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; History; History - General History; History: World; ASIA; Ottoman Empire; Europe - General; Middle East - General; History / Africa; 1769-1849; Egypt; Governor of Egypt,; Mohammed Ali, 1805-1849; Muòhammad °Alåi Båashåa,
Description: "In 1811, Mehemet Ali Pasha, governor of Egypt, gained control of that country by a massacre of the Mamluks. This book shines a light on the great international crisis of 1839-1841, precipitated by the Pasha when his army threatened to shatter the Ottoman Empire, tempting the European Powers to fight each other over control of the pieces"--Provided by publisher.