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Author:   Murat OEzyuksel
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Volume:   v. 39
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.529kg
ISBN:  

9781780763644

ISBN 10:   1780763646
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   22 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: The Historical Development of Railway Construction in the Ottoman Empire Railway Construction in Rumelia and Anatolia 1) Internal and External Dynamics of Ottoman Railways and the British Lines 2) A Fruitless Effort: State Railways 3) The Anatolian and Baghdad Railways B. Imperialist Dilemmas and Syrian Railways 1) Origins of the French Influence in Syria and the French Railways 2) The Haifa-Damascus Railway and Other British Projects CHAPTER II: Decision to Construct the Hejaz Railway Declaration of the Imperial Firman Concerning the Hejaz Railway and Initial Reactions The Main Factors Behind the Decision to Construct the Hejaz Railway 1) Economic Factors 2) Abdulhamid's Islamist Policy 3) Religious/Political Factors 4) Military/Political Factors C.The Evolution of the Hejaz Railway Project CHAPTER III: Financing the Hejaz Railway The Donation Campaign 1) External Donations a) Donations Collected in India b) Donations Raised in Egypt and Other Islamic Countries 2) Donations Collected in the Ottoman Empire a) People and Institutions that Contributed to the Donation Campaign b) The Organization of the Donation Campaign c) The Role of the Media in the Donation Campaign B.Other Revenues C.Financial Sources Evaluated CHAPTER IV: The Construction of the Hejaz Railway The Hejaz Railway Administration Negotiations with the DHP Company The Launch of the Construction and Recruitment of the Technical Staff Provision of Railway Materials Haifa-Dera Branch Line 1) The Construction of the Line 2) The Economic Dimension of the Haifa Railway 3) Rivalry against DHP Company and the Pro-Hejaz Railway Attitude of Germans F.Inauguration of New Lines (1904-1908) G.Extraordinary Problems 1) Water 2) Fuel 3) Labor a) The Organization of the Railway Battalions b) Benefits Provided to the Workers CHAPTER V: Forces Resisting the Hejaz Railway British Obstruction of the Aqaba Line: The Tabah Crisis 1) Significance of the Aqaba Line 2) Tabah Crisis B. Attempts to Sustain the Hejaz Railway Construction 1) Significance of the Medina-Mecca and Mecca-Jeddah Lines 2) Resistance of the Bedouin 3) Resistance of the Amirs of Mecca C. French Obstruction of the Afula-Jerusalem Line D. Other Unrealized Lines and Some Additions CHAPTER VI :Were the Expectations Fulfilled? MAPS AND DOCUMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Administrative Dimension 1) Hejaz Railway Staff 2) Analysis of the Operating Revenues B.Religious/Political Dimension C.Military/Political Dimension 1) Pre-war Period 2) War Period 3) Arab Rebellion and the Hejaz Railway D.Economic Dimensions The Main Factors Behind the Decision to Construct the Hejaz Railway 1) Economic Factors 2) Abdulhamid's Islamist Policy 3) Religious/Political Factors 4) Military/Political Factors B.The Evolution of the Hejaz Railway Project CHAPTER III: Financing the Hejaz Railway The Donation Campaign 1) External Donations a) Donations Collected in India b) Donations Raised in Egypt and Other Islamic Countries 2) Donations Collected in the Ottoman Empire a) People and Institutions that Contributed to the Donation Campaign b) The Organization of the Donation Campaign c) The Role of the Media in the Donation Campaign B.Other Revenues C.Financial Sources Evaluated CHAPTER IV: The Construction of the Hejaz Railway The Hejaz Railway Administration Negotiations with the DHP Company The Launch of the Construction and Recruitment of the Technical Staff Provision of Railway Materials Haifa-Dera Branch Line 1) The Construction of the Line 2) The Economic Dimension of the Haifa Railway 3) Rivalry against DHP Company and the Pro-Hejaz Railway Attitude of Germans F.Inauguration of New Lines (1904-1908) G.E

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'In this book, Murat Ozyuksel has analysed the role of the Hejaz Railway, using German and other European sources, but most prominently Ottoman archival materials. While earlier studies of railroads constructed in the sultans' domains often de-emphasized the Ottoman perspective, this study makes a novel contribution: reviewing the troubled history of the Hejaz Railroad, the author focuses on the political and military aims of Sultan Abdulhamid II, who pushed the project through in spite of the limited financial and economic benefits to be expected from the Hejaz line. Murat Ozyuksel's careful analysis of the sultan-caliph's projects and the impossibilities that often prevented their implementation makes his book a notable contribution to the growing number of historical studies concerning the Ottoman Empire during its final decades.' Surai ya Faroqhi , Professor of History, Istanbul Bilgi University. 'In this splendid study, Murat Ozyuksel places the history of the Hejaz Railroad, an effort by the Ottoman sultan to modernize and unify his empire, in the broader context of international history as well as the struggles among Muslim peoples of the Ottoman realm. This ambitious project ultimately failed, not because of Ottoman financial weakness, but because of Arab resistance and British and French opposition to extend the iron road of Ottoman power into the reaches of the Middle East. With a firm base in the Ottoman archives, and his deep knowledge of railroad construction, social, and political history, Ozyuksel demonstrates that however sick Europeans may have imagined the Ottoman Empire, its rulers were determined to survive in a hostile world.' Ronald Grigor Suny Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History, The University of Michigan.

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Murat Ozyuksel is Professor of History and Political Science at Istanbul University, Turkey.

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