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Husain, Faisal,

Rivers of the Sultan : the Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire / Faisal H. Husain. - 1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the early sixteenth century, a series of military campaigns between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf brought the entirety of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers under Ottoman control. This book offers a history of this rare political unification of the longest rivers in West Asia and its impact on the Ottoman state, provincial society, and the environment.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780197547304 No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water-supply--Political aspects--Euphrates River Watershed.
Water-supply--Political aspects--Tigris River Watershed.
Water resources development--Political aspects--Euphrates River Watershed.
Water resources development--Political aspects--Tigris River Watershed.
Environment and Ecology.
Economics.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Turkey--Foreign relations--Iraq.
Iraq--Foreign relations--Turkey.
Turkey--History--1683-1829.

LC Class. No.: HD1698

Dewey Class. No.: 333.916209560903