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Mather, James.

Pashas : traders and travellers in the Islamic world / Traders and travellers in the Islamic world. James Mather. - xvii, 302 pages : illustrations maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Prologue: Jerusalem -- Aleppo -- Peace and trade -- Trading places -- People of the book -- Constantinople -- Galata -- Ambassadors -- Objects of enquiry -- Alexandria -- Antique lands -- The last pashas -- Epilogue: Crescent empire.

"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 ambassadors and envoys, pilgrims and chaplains, families and servants, aristocratic tourists and roving antiquarians. Together, their lives provide a fascinating insight into the meeting of East and West before the age of European imperialism."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 9780300170917

LCCN: 2009026479

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
British--Travel--History.--Middle East
Merchants--History.--Middle East
Travelers--History.--Middle East

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle East--Description and travel.
Islamic countries--Description and travel.
Turkey, Eastern--Description and travel
Middle East--Relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Relations--Middle East.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

LC Class. No.: DS47 / .M37 2009

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