Table Of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table Of Contents V
3. Acknowledgements VII
4. Preface IX
5. Note On Transcription X
6. I. The Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1
7. II. Abdülhamid II and his Regime 19
8. III.: Abdülhamid And Foreign Policy 41
9. IV. San Stefano, Berlin and the Cyprus Convention 53
10. V. The Approach to Germany 73
11. VI. The Egyptian Crisis 87
12. VII. Detente with Russia 101
13. VIII. The Sudan 111
14. IX. The Hasan Fehmi Mission 119
15. X. The Penjdeh Crisis 131
16. XI. The Drummond Wolff Mission 141
17. XII. The Eastern Rumelian Crisis 153
18. XIII. The Eastern Rumelian Settlement 171
19. XIV. Batum, the Straits and Egypt 179
20. XV. The Bulgarian Crisis 197
21. XVI. The Mediterranean Agreement, the Triple Alliance and the Egyptian Convention 215
22. XVII. Ferdinand of Bulgaria 239
23. XVIII. Conclusion 255
24. Bibliography 261
25. Index 272