Date : 2007
Editeur / Publisher : Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. , cop. 2007
Type : Livre / Book
Langue / Language : anglais / English
ISBN : 978-0-7864-2893-9
ISBN : 0-7864-2893-7
EAN : 9780786428939
Muḥammad ʿAlī Bāšā -- 1769?-1849
Égypte -- 1805-1848 (Méhémet-Ali)
Classification Dewey : 956/.015
Résumé / Abstract : "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