A major history of the British Empire's early involvement in the
Middle East Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 showed how
vulnerable India was to attack by France and Russia. It forced the
British Empire to try to secure the two routes that a European
might use to reach the subcontinent-through Egypt and the Red Sea,
and through Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Promised Lands is a
panoramic history of this vibrant and explosive age. Charting the
development of Britain's political interest in the Middle East from
the Napoleonic Wars to the Crimean War in the 1850s, Jonathan Parry
examines the various strategies employed by British and Indian
officials, describing how they sought influence with local Arabs,
Mamluks, Kurds, Christians, and Jews. He tells a story of
commercial and naval power-boosted by the arrival of steamships in
the 1830s-and discusses how classical and biblical history fed into
British visions of what these lands might become. The region was
subject to the Ottoman Empire, yet the sultan's grip on it appeared
weak. Should Ottoman claims to sovereignty be recognised and
exploited, or ignored and opposed? Could the Sultan's government be
made to support British objectives, or would it always favour
France or Russia? Promised Lands shows how what started as a
geopolitical contest became a drama about diplomatic competition,
religion, race, and the unforeseen consequences of history.
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