ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. PREFACE ix
5. CHAPTER I. The Early Years in Istanbul and the Russian Annexation of the Crimea 1776–1783 1
6. CHAPTER II. The Outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War 1787 23
7. CHAPTER III. The Triple Alliance and the Turco-Prussian Treaty 1788–1790 53
8. CHAPTER IV. The Reichenbach Convention July 1790 83
9. CHAPTER V. The British Interest - The Integrity of the Ottoman Empire and the Government Crisis of 1791 93
10. CHAPTER VI. The Ottoman Struggle with Austria and Russia; the final phase and the peace treaties 1791–1792 111
11. CONCLUSION 131
12. APPENDIX I. The speech of His Excellency Sir Robert Ainslie to His Highness the Grand Vezir 30 November 1776 137
13. APPENDIX II. A Statement from Sir Robert Ainslie to the Kapudan Pașa 139
14. APPENDIX III. Translation of the Imperial Command directed to the Stambol Efendi, to the Molla of Galata, and to the Chief Customer of Constantinople 143
15. GLOSSARY 145
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 147
17. ABBREVIATIONS 161
18. NAME INDEX 163