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Book/Printed Material Historical Realities of Maritime Principalities.

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Title

  • Historical Realities of Maritime Principalities.

Summary

  • Haqāʼiq al-akhbār ʻan duwal al-biḥār (Historical realities of maritime principalities) is a comprehensive textbook in three volumes on the history of European and Middle Eastern maritime powers from ancient times to the late 19th century. It was written mainly for students of the Egyptian Military Academy in 1896-98 by Admiral Ismaʻil Sarhank (also seen as Sarhang). The first two volumes contain significant detail on the Ottoman and Egyptian military forces, material that is useful in tracing the growth and decline of Ottoman military power and the development of Egypt's armed forces during the 19th century. Although there is no bibliography or mention of sources, it is clear from the text and footnotes that Sarhank had access to Egyptian palace documents and a well-stocked library of Ottoman and European military and political history. Admiral (sometimes called General) Sarhank was nazir (headmaster) of the Egyptian Military Academy. His father immigrated to Egypt from Crete. Nothing is known of the author's education in Cairo, except that he possessed a command of a half-dozen European languages. All three volumes were printed at Bulaq Press, the government printing house in Cairo. The final chapters of the third volume appear never to have been published.

Names

  • Sarhank, Ismāʻīl, died 1925 Author.

Created / Published

  • Cairo : al-Maṭbaʻah al-Amīrīyah, [1896 to 1898]

Headings

  • -  Egypt
  • -  300 B.C. to 1850
  • -  History, Naval
  • -  Military education
  • -  Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
  • -  Textbooks

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Volume 1 has no table of contents. Volume 2 has a table of contents at the front of the volume. Table of contents for volume 3 is bound at the end of volume 2."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 3 volumes ; 28 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666290

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sarhank, IsmāʻĪl, Died 1925 Author. Historical Realities of Maritime Principalities. [Cairo: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Amīrīyah, to 1898, 1896] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666290/.

APA citation style:

Sarhank, I. (1896) Historical Realities of Maritime Principalities. [Cairo: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Amīrīyah, to 1898] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666290/.

MLA citation style:

Sarhank, IsmāʻĪl, Died 1925 Author. Historical Realities of Maritime Principalities. [Cairo: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Amīrīyah, to 1898, 1896] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666290/>.