Pashas Traders and Travellers in the Islamic World

Name: Pashas Traders and Travellers in the Islamic World
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ISBN: 9780300170917

ISBN-10: 0300170912

ISBN-13: 9780300170917

Edition: 2011

Authors: James Mather

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Long before they came as occupiers, the British were drawn to the Middle East by the fabled riches of its trade and the enlightened tolerance of its people. The Pashas, merchants and travelers from Europe, discovered an Islamic world that was alluring, dynamic, and diverse. Ranging across two and a half centuries and through the great cities of Istanbul, Aleppo, and Alexandria, James Mather tells the forgotten story of the men of the Levant Company who sought their fortunes in the Ottoman Empire. Their trade brought to the region not only merchants but also ambassadors and envoys, pilgrims and chaplains, families and servants, aristocratic tourists and roving antiquarians. Unlike the nabobs…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 6/2/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 4.84" wide x 8.31" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English