The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa - John C. Wilkinson

The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa - John C. Wilkinson

12. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition: part II

The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa - John C. Wilkinson

John C. Wilkinson [+-]
The University of Oxford, (Retired)
John C. Wilkinson, D.Litt, is a former Reader at Oxford University and an Emeritus Fellow of St Hugh’s College, Oxford, where he taught from 1969 until his retirement in 1997. He has advised several governments in the Middle East on their frontier disputes, including as Counsel for Bahrain in Qatar vs Bahrain, the longest running case to have appeared before the International Court of Justice at The Hague. He is author of numerous articles and several books, notably: Water and Tribal Settlement in South-East Arabia (Clarendon Press, 1977), The Imamate Tradition of Oman (Cambridge University Press, 1987), Arabia's Frontiers (I.B. Tauris, 1991), A Fatal Duel: “Harry Alis” (1857-95), a behind the scenes figure of the early Third Republic (Antony Rowe, 2006) and Ibâdism: Origins and early development in Oman (Oxford University Press, 2010).

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Chapter contents: The rear column and Tippo-Tib; The porters fail to rendezvous with the EPRE; Arab opposition to Tippo-Tib; Arab operations round Yambuya; Renewed efforts by Barttelot to advance; Tippo-Tib’s intentions; Vankerckhoven’s arrival; The demise of the Rear Column; Jameson’s attempts to remount the expedition; Stanley’s reactions; Jameson; The accusations against Tippo-Tib and the Arabs; Leopold’s new plans; Stanley’s action against Tippo-Tib over the Rear Column; The EPRE starts for the coast; Anglo-German rivalry: The Uganda Imbroglio; Buganda; Mtesa; Mwanga; The EPRE in Uganda; Mwanga retakes Buganda; Peters and Jackson; A Tippo-Tib expedition for IBEAC?; Emin’s duplicity; Anglo-German tension elsewhere in eastern Africa; The Anglo-German (Heligoland) Treaty; French reactions

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Wilkinson, John C. . 12. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition: part II. The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 310-340 Jan 2015. ISBN 9781781790687. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25946. Date accessed: 26 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25946. Jan 2015

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