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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

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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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

What did the rise of nationalism at the turn of the twentieth century mean for Gaza and the surrounding region?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

Economic growth, driven by exports of wheat and citrus fruits, boosted the population in the coastal cities and widened the gap with the countryside. Farmers in Gaza grew barley for the breweries of Europe and their counterparts in the Galilee grea rich on exports of cotton
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

After the heyday of Ottoman rule in the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the power of Istanbul weekened and local autonomy grew more and more a possibility. How did the citrus and cotton industries develop in Ottoman Palestine?
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

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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Sam Leith @questingvole.bsky.social · 5h

Cannot. Case for books, as the antidote to everything that makes Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch, made here:

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 1d

Not this year, sadly!

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Friends in Cambridge.. Next Tuesday I'm returning to Trinity to lecture for the first time since 1986! All welcome!

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Gary R. Bunt @garyrbunt.bsky.social · 2d

This has been a great @empirepoduk.bsky.social series, and a chance to try and remember my ‘crusader‘ studies from X years ago.

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In episode 5 of the Gaza series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Professor Jonathan Phillips to discuss the Crusader history of Gaza and the rise of the Mamluk dynasty that followed...

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kerraway.bsky.social @kerraway.bsky.social · 1d

Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel remains 'a monument to Afghan resilience & to the bravery of its staff,' says @willdalrymple.bsky.social. In Lyse Doucet, '& her witty & sometimes heartbreaking book, they have found a worthy chronicler.'
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Good idea💡

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Stevie Rae Williams🍷🐈‍⬛ @stevie1666.bsky.social · 1d

@willdalrymple.bsky.social Just finished Golden Road on audiobook, but I can’t help but think your beautiful descriptions deserve a huge coffee table edition with sumptuous illustrations! I would buy it!

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 1d

Another stellar series by my favorite podcast, @empirepoduk.bsky.social. Most especially bc @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social handle Gaza’s long and fascinating story with such sensitivity, nuance, and humility, traits many current commentators sorely lack

291. Ancient Gaza: The Philistines (Part 1)

Podcast Episode · Empire · 09/17/2025 · 45m

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Empire Podcast @empirepoduk.bsky.social · 2d

In episode 5 of the Gaza series, @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Professor Jonathan Phillips to discuss the Crusader history of Gaza and the rise of the Mamluk dynasty that followed...

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Empire Podcast @empirepoduk.bsky.social · 2d

Richard The Lionheart and Saladin are lionised in popular culture, and the Crusades is a story that many Europeans know well - but how does this epic history crossover with the history of Gaza?

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 2d

Friends & Followers in Rome!
I'll be speaking on The Golden Road/La Via dell’Oro
Today, Roma, 6 Ottobre @GIPA_JCU
Vi aspettiamo numerosi
Traduzione di Svevo D’Onofrio
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James C @iguandonjim.bsky.social · 3d

That was another excellent holiday really. SOPHIA by @anitaanand.bsky.social . The quotes on the front don't do justice to the sheer depth and scale of the book and the amount of research that must have been done to produce it. #booksky

A photograph of "Sophia" by Anita Anand. The background is a tropical island

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 5d

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295. Crusader Gaza: Saladin & Richard The Lionheart (Part 5)

Podcast Episode · Empire · 01/10/2025 · 46m

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 5d

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 5d

In today's episode @anitaanand.bsky.social & I are joined by Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading History at the University of London to discuss the Crusader history of Gaza and the rise of the Mamluks.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 5d

And what of the Knights Templar, to whom the Crusader Kingdom gave the job of defending Gaza against Saladin? Who were these warrior monks when you strip away the accretion of Dan Brownish mythology and examine the original documentation?
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