Jihad and Islam in World War I

This books investigates the background and nature of the Ottoman Jihad proclamation, but also its effects in the wider Middle East. It looks at the German hopes and British fears of a worldwide rising of Muslims in the colonial empires. It also discusses the fierce academic debates caused by the Jih...

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Main Author: Zürcher, Erik-Jan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Leiden University Press 2016
Series:Debates on Islam and Society
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