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From the Gulf to Ararat: Imperial Boundary Making in the Late Ottoman Empire
G. E. Hubbard
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Description for From the Gulf to Ararat: Imperial Boundary Making in the Late Ottoman Empire
Hardcover. Unique account of the realities of marking a major Middle East boundary by a key member of the Commission. Num Pages: 320 pages, 62 bw in 32pp plates, 3 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FBN; HBJF1; HBTP; RGCP; RGY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
The western frontier between Persia and the Ottoman Empire was long a source of disputed claims by each. Supposedly settled under the Treaty of Ezerum of 1847, in reality it took a further seventy years to settle the details. This was achieved by the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission. Ernest Hubbard was Secretary to the Commission and a key factor in its success. From the Gulf to Ararat is his account of the Commission and of the regions through which they travelled. Often amusing but always informative it reveals the realities of making a boundary in practice and the need to be ... Read more
The western frontier between Persia and the Ottoman Empire was long a source of disputed claims by each. Supposedly settled under the Treaty of Ezerum of 1847, in reality it took a further seventy years to settle the details. This was achieved by the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission. Ernest Hubbard was Secretary to the Commission and a key factor in its success. From the Gulf to Ararat is his account of the Commission and of the regions through which they travelled. Often amusing but always informative it reveals the realities of making a boundary in practice and the need to be ... Read more
Product Details
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Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784531218
SKU
V9781784531218
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About G. E. Hubbard
Gilbert Ernest Hubbard (1885-1951) was appointed Secretary to the British Commissioners on the Turco-Persian Frontier Commission in 1913. Following a spell at the Foreign Office he became Private Secretary to Sir Hamar Greenwood, Sectretary of State for Foreign Affairs, subsequently taking up the position of First Secretary to HM Legation in Peking. After a decade as diplomatic agent to the ... Read more
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