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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
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Kobrind Slnzx @waitwtf.bsky.social · 6h

Want yourself some history of Gaza? I gots you covered 👇🏼

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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Red Lentil Soup Fan @aussophia.bsky.social · 6h

Great thread, fantastic podcast

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 6h

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 6h

The British victory at Gaza, & the thirty British Mandate, would prove a huge opportunity for the Zionist movement... but usher in a catastrophe for the 90% of Palestinians who were Christian or Muslim, and begin a nightmare who repercussions are still being felt by them today.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 6h

On 9 November 1917, only two days after Allenby's forces entered Gaza, in London the Jewish Chronicle published a new British policy on Palestine. In a brief letter dated 2 February, Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the declaration that would come to bear his name.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 6h

Three bloody Battles of Gaza followed, and where poison gas and the first tanks failed to break the Ottoman lines, General Allenby's cavalry and camel corps finally succeeded.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

Then the outbreak of the First World War changed everything. As T.E Lawrence 'of Arabia' blew up the Hejaz railway, the British advanced on Gaza from Suez, and found themselves facing the same crack Turkish regiments who had defeated them at Gallipoli. linktr.ee/empirepoduk

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

What did the rise of nationalism at the turn of the twentieth century mean for Gaza? How was Gaza affected by the fledgling Zionists movement as it begin creating agricultural settlements in the Galilee and laid the foundations of Tel Aviv?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

After the heyday of Ottoman rule in the 16th & 17thC local autonomy became a reality. Economic growth, driven by exports of cotton, wheat & citrus fruits boosted the population. Farmers in Gaza grew barley for the breweries of Europe &their counterparts in the Galilee grew rich on cotton.

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

In 1516, the Ottomans under Selim the Grim defeated the mighty Mamluk Empire in the Middle East, taking control of Gaza. How was Gaza and Palestine ruled from Istanbul? What was the status of Palestinian Arabs under Turkish rule?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

What does history tell us about the religiously & ethnically diverse population of hundreds of thousands who had aways lived there?

The greatest living writer on the Late Ottoman period, Eugene Rogan, Professor of Middle Eastern History at Oxford, returns to the show to separate fact from fiction.

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

The story of Gaza during the Ottoman period is one of the most controversial eras of its history. The early Zionists maintained that Palestine was an almost empty desert, "a land without a people for a people without a land."

But what was the reality?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 7h

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

OTTOMAN GAZA:

From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
podcasts.apple.com/il/podcast/2...

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Sep 9

William Dalrymple and Sophie Harman ( @profsophieharman.bsky.social ) have been shortlisted for the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize 👇 #BookSky

William Dalrymple and Sophie Harman shortlisted for £25k British Academy Book Prize

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Courrier international @courrierinter.bsky.social · 14d

🇵🇸 🇬🇧 La reconnaissance d’un État palestinien, formulée le 21 septembre par le Royaume-Uni, ne suffit pas, affirme l’historien de renom William Dalrymple. Londres a désormais le devoir moral de réparer les erreurs commises dans la région avant la création d’Israël.

En Palestine, les Britanniques ont une responsabilité historique

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Chris Trotter @skarthi64.bsky.social · 2d

I highly recommend Empire with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple. Excellently presented and very informative.

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Gary R. Bunt @garyrbunt.bsky.social · 1d

Relistening to this @empirepoduk.bsky.social … if I run any future Islam 101 courses, I’ll encourage students to listen to this episode, which offers some fresh perspectives on long-standing ideas and academic sources @willdalrymple.bsky.social @anitaanand.bsky.social

294. Gaza & The Islamic Conquest (Part 4)

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Moi Amitié @jaminatin.bsky.social · 2d

Surprised to find out that #TheGoldenRoad reached Colombia! FYI @willdalrymple.bsky.social

From the ArtefactPorn community on Reddit: A 17th century emerald (Colombian) carving of a Hindu Saint, with ruby and gold inlays. Part of the Lord Glenconner’s collection [2048x1584]

Explore this post and more from the ArtefactPorn community

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 2d

India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world, a trailblazer of ideas along a Golden Road from the Red Sea to the Pacific.

Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize, The Golden Road by @willdalrymple.bsky.social is a culmination of a lifetime's work.

Learn more now https://bit.ly/3WsTunW

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Carole Solazzo @carolewriter.bsky.social · 2d

Bookmarked

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 3d

Our Gaza series continues with Episode 6...

OTTOMAN GAZA

Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
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Frank Mc Girr @vhsteacher.com · 2d

@willdalrymple.bsky.social 's epic series, Empire is worth a listen.

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Get well soon!

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Stevie Rae Williams🍷🐈‍⬛ @stevie1666.bsky.social · 3d

I’d recommend this whole series, good solid factual history, on a topic that many are currently unable to study without bias creeping in. Understanding the full sweep of history has never been more important.

William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 3d

Our Gaza series continues with Episode 6...

OTTOMAN GAZA

Through gunpowder conquest, the Ottomans ruled over Gaza from the 1500s to the early 1900s. How did they shape the region?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 3d

296. Ottoman Gaza: Gunpowder Conquests and Rising Nationalism
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296. Ottoman Gaza: Gunpowder Conquests & Rising Nationalism (Part 6)

Podcast Episode · Empire · 05/10/2025 · 54m

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