Egypt and the Fertile Crescent, 1516 1922: A Political History

Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Notes on Illustrations
	Introduction: The Geographical, Social and Historical Background
Part I The Ottoman Heyday
	The Rise and Zenith of the Ottoman Empire
	The Overthrow of the Mamluk Sultanate
	Süleyman the Magnificent and the Arab Lands
Part II The Ottoman Decline
	The Ottoman Empire in Decline
	Egypt in the Seventeenth Century
	The Ascendancy of the Beylicate in Eighteenth-Century Egypt
	Ottoman Decline and the Syrian Provinces
	The Amirate of the Ma'nids and Shihäbs in Lebanon
	The Ascendancy of Zähir al-cUmar and al-Jazzar in Syria
	The Iraqi Provinces in the Period of Ottoman Decline
	Two Challenges : The Wahhabis and Bonaparte
Part III The Last Phase of Ottoman Rule
	The Revival of the Ottoman Empire
	Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha
	Egypt at the Crossroads
	Egyptian Nationalism and the British Occupation
	Syria and Lebanon during the Ottoman Revival
	The Iraqi Provinces during the Ottoman Revival
	The Emergence of Arab Nationalism
	The First World War
	The Post-War Settlement in the Fertile Crescent and Egypt
	Postscript: The Anglo-French Paramountcy and its Passing
	Chronological Table
	Genealogical Tables
	Bibliography
	Index