MESAS 200W Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Wahhabism, Ottoman Empire, Janissaries
1 Apr 2019
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Religious identity becomes more important in the 19th century. We are at when the french get kicked out of egypt in 1801. What follows is an era of a lot of upheaval and confusing power struggle for control in egypt but eventually one man wins. In 1805, mehmet ali emerged as the victor. He was albanian, muslim, from a city called kavalah. Very capable as a military man and administrator. Egypt has always had strong agricultural product. Creation of big farms, single crop cultivation in egypt of cotton. Adv: if you have a good crop you can dominate the market. Disadv: but if there"s a downturn in your crop or competition, suddenly your whole economy which depends on that crop collapses. Military grew in numbers, a lot of forced conscription. 1811-1812, mahmet ali massacres the mamluks in egypt. This is the end of the mamluks as a political power. Janissaries also massacred in 1826 by mahmud ii.
