{"product_id":"rivers-of-the-sultan-the-tigris-and-euphrates-in-the-ottoman-empire-hardcover","title":"Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFaisal H. Husain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tigris and Euphrates rivers run through the heart of the Middle East and merge in the area of Mesopotamia known as the \"cradle of civilization.\" In their long and volatile political history, the sixteenth century ushered in a rare era of stability and integration. A series of military campaigns between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf brought the entirety of their flow under the institutional control of the Ottoman Empire, then at the peak of its power and wealth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eRivers of the Sultan\u003c\/em\u003e tells the history of the Tigris and Euphrates during the early modern period. Under the leadership of Sultan Süleyman I, the rivers became Ottoman from mountain to ocean, managed by a political elite that pledged allegiance to a single household, professed a common religion, spoke a lingua franca, and received orders from a central administration based in Istanbul. Faisal Husain details how Ottoman unification institutionalized cooperation among the rivers' dominant users and improved the exploitation of their waters for navigation and food production. Istanbul harnessed the energy and resources of the rivers for its security and economic needs through a complex network of forts, canals, bridges, and shipyards. Above all, the imperial approach to river management rebalanced the natural resource disparity within the Tigris-Euphrates basin. Istanbul regularly organized shipments of grain, metal, and timber from upstream areas of surplus in Anatolia to downstream\u003cbr\u003eareas of need in Iraq. Through this policy of natural resource redistribution, the Ottoman Empire strengthened its presence in the eastern borderland region with the Safavid Empire and fended off challenges to its authority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlacing these world historic bodies of water at its center, \u003cem\u003eRivers of the Sultan \u003c\/em\u003ereveals intimate bonds between state and society, metropole and periphery, and nature and culture in the early modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaisal H. Husain\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University. His articles have won prizes from the American Society for Environmental History and the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.3 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47502193361074,"sku":"9780197547274","price":87.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/715d5eae9272ca1becfe9b330cc65998.webp?v=1779459107","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rivers-of-the-sultan-the-tigris-and-euphrates-in-the-ottoman-empire-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}