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In 1683, in Algiers, soldiers of the Dey loaded the French consul into a large cannon and shot him at the French fleet in retaliation for the French bombardment of the city. Many French consuls in the échelles of the Levant and North Africa suffered harassment, imprisonment, or …

This dissertation investigates the development and impact of British imperialism in Iran during a period of international rivalry, revolution, world war, and nationalism. Scholars of British involvement in the Middle East have generally restricted their narratives to the highest…

Consuls during the Renaissance executed political power for the leading men of Agen, the proome, and claimed to govern for the entire community. This study explains the situation in which the consuls governed when supporters of English monarchs and those of the French finally re…