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... pound fetched 180-200 piastres . In 1900 there were 43 million Turkish pounds in circulation ( in gold and silver coins ) as against some 18 million half a century earlier.4 With the outbreak of war the government's printing of notes ...
... pound fetched 180-200 piastres . In 1900 there were 43 million Turkish pounds in circulation ( in gold and silver coins ) as against some 18 million half a century earlier.4 With the outbreak of war the government's printing of notes ...
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Zvi Yehuda Hershlag. In 1864 , a loan of 5.7 million pounds sterling was obtained from the British banker , Goschen , and in 1866 Oppenheim's bank granted a loan of a further 3 million pounds sterling for the rehabilitation of livestock ...
Zvi Yehuda Hershlag. In 1864 , a loan of 5.7 million pounds sterling was obtained from the British banker , Goschen , and in 1866 Oppenheim's bank granted a loan of a further 3 million pounds sterling for the rehabilitation of livestock ...
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... pounds sterling ( according to certain sources , twice that amount ) .2 The large liabilities incurred by the expansion plans in the Sudan , in addition to the expenses for various modernisation experiments , luxuries , the army and ...
... pounds sterling ( according to certain sources , twice that amount ) .2 The large liabilities incurred by the expansion plans in the Sudan , in addition to the expenses for various modernisation experiments , luxuries , the army and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Process of Disintegration and Decay of the Ottoman Empire | 7 |
Summary 265 | 15 |
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19th century A. T. Wilson according administration agreement agriculture Arab Article Baghdad Baghdad Railway Bank Britain British budget capital capitulations commercial Company concession concessionnaires considerable Constantinople corvée cotton cultivation currency customs deficit Egypt Egyptian Empire's enterprises especially European expenditure exports feddan fellahin foreign France French granted hand Imperial important income increased industrialisation industry interest internal investments Iraq irrigation Islam Ismail Janissaries kharadj l'Egypte land League of Nations Lebanon loans London mainly Mamluk mandated Mehmed Ali's Middle East Midhat military million Turkish pounds modern monopoly Muslim official Ottoman Empire payments period Persia piastres political population port pounds sterling Powers production Public Debt railway reform regime revenue riyal Russian Shah Shuster structure Sublime Porte Suez Canal Sultan Syria Tanzimat taxes thirties tobacco tons trade Transjordan treasury Treaty Turkey Turkey's Turkish waqf World Young Turks