- Slavery, middle east, Middle east, race relations, New York Times reviewed
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Bernard Lewis
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780195053265
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“In 1842 the British Consul General in Morocco, as part of his government's worldwide endeavor to bring about the abolition of slavery or at least the curtailment of the slave trade, made representations to the sultan of that country asking him what measures, if any, he had taken to accomplish this desirable objective.”
A British-American historian, scholar in Oriental studies, and political commentator. He specializes in the history of Islam and the interaction between Islam and the West, and is especially famous in academic circles for his works on the history of the Ottoman Empire.
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