Michael Crawford

Gebundenes Buch

The Imam, the Pasha and the Englishman

The Ordeal of Abd Allah Ibn Saud, Cairo 1818

Beschreibung

The dramatic encounter between Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, Ottoman governor of Egypt, and his vanquished Saudi foe, Imam 'Abd Allah, in Cairo in November 1818. The book highlights the importance of this historic moment in the uneasy relationship between Muhammad 'Ali and his nominal sovereign, Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.

Autor

MICHAEL CRAWFORD is an independent historian who writes on the history of the Arabian Peninsula. After qualifying as a barrister, he served the British government in London and overseas, including in Egypt, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, from1981 to 2009. He was a visiting Fellow at Princeton in 2009. His incisive biography of Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, founder of the Wahhabi movement, was published in 2014 by Oneworld in its Makers of the Modern World series.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Medina Publishing Ltd
• 2 New edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 245mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9781911487982
• ISBN-10: 1911487981
• Artikelnr.: 70016756