Thabit A. J. Abdullah is Assistant Professor of History at York University.
List of Maps, Tables, and Figures
ix
Abbreviations
xi
Note on Transliteration
xiii
Note on Currency
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Introduction
1
(8)
Al-Basrah Al-Fayha'
9
(30)
History up to 1700
9
(2)
Hasan Pasha and the Mamluks
11
(2)
Location and Climate
13
(7)
The City
20
(5)
The People
25
(4)
Administration & Power
29
(10)
The Shifting Fortunes of Trade
39
(18)
Exports
40
(2)
Customs Duties
42
(1)
The Ships and Their Sailors
43
(2)
Basra's Overall Trade Patterns
45
(4)
Rise: 1724-1756
49
(1)
Boom: 1766-1774
50
(4)
Decline: 1775-1793
54
(3)
Networks of Trade
57
(26)
The Maritime Trade with India
57
(6)
The Coffee Trade and the Role of the Omanis
63
(4)
The Regional Trade with the Gulf
67
(5)
The Trade with Southern Persia
72
(2)
The Riverine Trade with Baghdad
74
(3)
The Caravan Trade with Aleppo
77
(6)
The Merchants (Tujjar) and Trade
83
(16)
The Risks of Trade
84
(2)
Investment and Wealth
86
(2)
Credit and Contracts
88
(3)
Merchant Communities
91
(2)
The Jewish Merchants
93
(2)
The Armenian Merchants
95
(1)
The Chalabis of Basra
96
(3)
The Merchants and Power
99
(18)
The Mamluks and Trade
100
(3)
The Chalabis and the Government
103
(1)
The Cases of Muhammad Agha and Hajji Yusuf
104
(4)
The Jews and the Mamluk Administration
108
(1)
The Armenians and the English
109
(1)
The Case of the Murdered Jew Revisited
110
(2)
The Rebellions of Shaykh Thuwayni and Mustafa Agha
112
(2)
Manesty's Victory and the Beginnings of British Dominance
114
(3)
Conclusion
117
(4)
Notes
121
(36)
Bibliography
157
(14)
Index
171
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