Ran across this little gem, Great Powers and Middle East matters:
Mohamed (Egypt), backed by France, tried to depose Mahmud (Constantinople), backed now by Russia, 1830s.
Britain came up with Balta-Liman, 1838, a commercial agreement designed to weaken Mohamed with free trade and low tariffs replacing mercantilism, and to dislodge Russia.
The Sultan decided to fight on believing Britain would back him.
The early 19th Century is a sad tale of Western Colonial Empire after Empire being finally extinguished, rather than strengthened, by Great Power rivalries and incompetence.
The early 19th Century is a sad tale of Western Colonial Empire after Empire being finally extinguished, rather than strengthened, by Great Power rivalries and incompetence.
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