LEADER 04841oam 2200637 a 450 001 9910974336403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400673030 010 $a9780313000959 010 $a0313000956 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400673030 035 $a(CKB)111056485429186 035 $a(OCoLC)49870060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary5004424 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000184175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198060 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10200437 035 $a(PQKB)11740380 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000136 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004424 035 $a(OCoLC)55102516 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000136 035 $a(OCoLC)43936894 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400673030BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202167 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485429186 100 $a20000419e20012024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Islamic world in decline $efrom the Treaty of Karlowitz to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire /$fMartin Sicker 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2001. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (x, 249 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275968915 311 08$a027596891X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index. 327 $aCover -- THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN DECLINE -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Ottoman-Safavid Conflict -- NOTES -- 2 Turbulence on Persia's Frontiers -- NOTES -- 3 Balance of Power in Southeastern Europe -- NOTES -- 4 Beginnings of the Russo-Ottoman Conflict -- NOTES -- 5 Decline and Fall of the Safavid State -- NOTES -- 6 The Era of Nadir Shah -- NOTES -- 7 Russian Imperialism under Catherine the Great -- NOTES -- 8 Developments in the Ottoman and Persian Spheres -- NOTES -- 9 Napoleon Enters the Middle East -- NOTES -- 10 The Era of Muhammad Ali -- NOTES -- 11 Anglo-Russian Rivalry in the Persian Sphere -- NOTES -- 12 The War of 1828 and Its Aftermath -- NOTES -- 13 The Crimean War -- NOTES -- 14 Britain and Russia in Persia and Central Asia -- RUSSIAN EXPANSION IN CENTRAL ASIA -- NOTES -- 15 The Russo-Turkish War of 1877 -- NOTE -- 16 Confrontations in the Persian Gulf and Egypt -- THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPT -- NOTES -- 17 Resurgence of Anglo-Russian Rivalry -- NOTES -- 18 The Close of the Ottoman Era -- GERMANY ENTERS THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION -- THE FIRST BALKAN WAR -- NOTES -- 19 The Last Ottoman War -- THE DARDANELLES CAMPAIGN -- MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF -- THE CAMPAIGN IN PALESTINE-ENDGAME -- NOTES -- 20 The Dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire -- THE FINAL SETTLEMENT AT LAUSANNE -- NOTES -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. 330 8 $aThe long era of Muslim political ascendancy that began in a small region of western Arabia reached its pinnacle some nine hundred years later with the siege of Vienna by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1529. Suleiman then concluded that, given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Muslim expansionism in Eurasia had run its course. The subsequent decline of Ottoman power also meant, in effect, the decline of political Islam, which had been intimately bound to it for centuries. As Sicker shows, the problems faced by the Ottoman Empire were also faced by the Persian Empire and both underwent an extended period of political decline and territorial retrenchment in the face of imperialist pressures from Europe and Asia. The greatest challenge to the world of political Islam came from Western Europe, especially France and Great Britain. The Ottoman and Persian empires assumed a global importance in the 19th century, not because of anything in them of intrinsic economic value, but because of their geopolitical and geostrategic significance. They became, in effect, a buffer zone separating Europe from the wealth of the East, at a time when European imperialism was on the march in Asia. It thus came about that the rivalries of the Great Powers, most especially those of Great Britain, France, and Russia, were played out in the Middle East. This book will serve as a vital resource for students, scholars, and other researchers involved with Middle East History, Political Islam, and Modern European History. 607 $aTurkey$xHistory$y1683-1829 607 $aTurkey$xHistory$y1829-1878 607 $aTurkey$xHistory$y1878-1909 676 $a956.1/015 700 $aSicker$b Martin$0296234 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974336403321 996 $aThe Islamic world in decline$94340207 997 $aUNINA