The Sultan's Yemen: 19th-Century Challenges to Ottoman Rule

by Caesar E. Farah

In the 19th century, when the Ottoman Empire restored direct rule over Yemen, the resulting turmoil came to threaten the security of the entire Arabian Peninsula. This book describes the various military campaigns to regain control over Yemen, surveying the increased foreign encroachments by the British in the south and the Italians through the Red Sea, and the revolts of the Zaidi Imams and Isma'ili tribes. Using previously unknown archival material,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1860647677
• ISBN13: 9781860647673
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.7" x 7.3"