BRITAIN'S PERSIAN CONNECTION 1798-1828 by Edward Ingram ( 9780198202431 )

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BRITAIN'S PERSIAN CONNECTION 1798-1828
PRELUDE TO THE GREAT GAME IN ASIA

By:

Edward Ingram

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 October, 1992

Pages:

276

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his scholarly study uncovers British aims and activities in he region during the early 19th century. It is a hallenging new assessment of Great Britain's role and tatus as a great power in the nineteenth century.

Synopsis:

In 1801 and again in 1809 the British made a treaty with the Qajar regime of Persia. The two treaties and the attempts to define and to protect Great Britain's interests in the Middle East were known at the time as the Persian Connection. Edward Ingram's scholarly and extensively researched study shows how the British expected the Persian Connection to help them win the Napoleonic Wars and to enable them to enjoy the fruits of empire in India. Professor Ingram examines British policies and activities in the Middle East and Central Asia during the early nineteenth century, and traces the course of Anglo-Russian diplomatic relations during this period. The Persian Connection, he argues, was a measure of the status and reputation of Britain as a Great Power; the history of its first twenty years illustrates the limits to British power, as well as having much light to shed on the creation of the Indian Empire.

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Clarendon Press

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