TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mather,James
ED  - Yale University Press
TI  - Pashas: traders and travellers in the Islamic world 
SN  - 9780300170917
AV  - DS47 .M37 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant
KW  - History
KW  - British
KW  - Travel
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Merchants
KW  - Travelers
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - Turkey, Eastern
KW  - Relations
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
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