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1906 in the Ottoman Empire

The following lists events that happened during 1906 in the Ottoman Empire.

Incumbents

Ongoing conflicts

Name Start End Description
Macedonian Struggle 1893 1912 The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts that were mainly fought between Greek and Bulgarian subjects who lived in Ottoman Macedonia between 1893 and 1912. The region quickly became a constant battleground among various armed groups, with hostilities peaking in 1904-1908.
Ottoman invasion of Persia 1906 1911 An Ottoman invasion of Persia took place in 1906 on the orders of the vali of Baghdad.[1] Persia was then under the rule of the Qajar dynasty.[2] The invasion of Persia by the Ottoman Empire occurred during the Persian Constitutional Revolution, and the Ottoman troops were driven out by Russian troops prior to the First World War.[3]
1906 Mesopotamia uprising 1906 1906 The 1906 Mesopotamia uprising was an uprising of Mesopotamian tribes in the Ottoman Empire, fought due to the refusal of the Ottoman government to allow for 10 day truce to investigate losses in the Yemeni Expedition of 1905. The uprising saw tribes holding up navigation across the Tigris River.[4]
Yemeni-Ottoman War 1904 1911 Conflict in Yemen had reignited in 1904. In August 1906, an Ottoman delegation arrived to the Imam, expressing the desire to re-open negotiations, to which the Imam reportedly responded with by stating his desire to end the bloodshed.[5]
Taba Crisis 1906 1906 The Taba Crisis or "Aqaba Crisis" was a diplomatic conflict arising from territorial disputes between the British in Egypt and the Ottomans in Palestine at the beginning of the 20th century. Although largely forgotten over time, it holds significant importance in political history: in conjunction with preceding events, it nearly precipitated the outbreak of a conflict that foreshadowed World War I as early as 1906. Its aftermath also led to the emergence of the Negev as a distinct region, ultimately incorporated into Palestine as a "historical accident."[6]

Census

1905–1906 census of the Ottoman Empire was the last population count.[7] This census effort concentrated on Iraq and Arabian Peninsula as European and Anatolian has well established.[8] Ottoman government decided to perform the count in three months compared to years during the ones performed 19th century.[citation needed]

Bibliography

Karpat, K.H. (1985). Ottoman population, 1830-1914: demographic and social characteristics. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 242.

References

  1. ^ Burrell, Robert Michael (1997). Iran: 1906-1907. Archive Editions. pp. 547, 453, 102. ISBN 9781852077105.
  2. ^ Tours, Iransafar (2021-11-10). "History of Iran". Iran Safar. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  3. ^ Sarkar, Benoy Kumar (1919). "The Reshaping of the Middle East". The Journal of Race Development. 9 (4): 332–343. doi:10.2307/29738313. ISSN 1068-3380. JSTOR 29738313.
  4. ^ Farah, Caesar E. (2002-06-29). The Sultan's Yemen: 19th-Century Challenges to Ottoman Rule. I.B.Tauris. p. 231. ISBN 9781860647673.
  5. ^ Yaccob, Abdul (2012). "Yemeni opposition to Ottoman rule: an overview". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies. 42: 411–419. JSTOR 41623653.
  6. ^ Kirk, George E. (1941). "The Negev, or Southern Desert of Palestine". Palestine Exploration Quarterly. 73 (2): 57. doi:10.1179/peq.1941.73.2.57.: "The elongated triangle of South Palestine between Gaza, the Dead sea, and the Gulf of Aqaba is a historical accident produced by the arbitrators who fixed the frontier between Palestine and Egypt in the last century. It is not a geographical unity, and has no single Arabic name. [...R]ecent Jewish writers have revived the old Hebrew appellation Negev, meaning 'The Dry,' applied vaguely to the lands south of Beersheba."
  7. ^ (Karpat 1985, pp. 35)
  8. ^ (Karpat 1985, pp. 35)