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“From a deep history perspective, Ottoman rule in Iraq — the land of ancient Babylonia — was a political oddity,” writes Faisal Husain in Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and Euphrates In the Ottoman Empire. “In its millennia-long history, Iraq was never ruled from Istanbul before the sixteenth century… among the most distant imperial capitals to ever govern Babylonia for any considerable stretch of time were Persepolis and Antioch in the second half of the first millennium BC. But Achaemenid and Macedonian rule in Iraq pales into insignificance compared to what the Ottomans accomplished from the sixteenth century, ruling from a far more distant capital and for a far longer span.”

Of central concern to the Ottomans were control and management of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. […] Challenges posed by the environment are nothing new, though; earlier societies had their own environmental issues to resolve. For the Ottomans, the two major rivers of Iraq were essential for building a sustainable political order, which would benefit not only Istanbul and Iraq, but also other parts of their empire. Indeed, many empires have sought to conquer or spring from that region. In 1534, Sultan Suleyman (the Magnificent) seized Baghdad during his war with the Persian Safavids; thus began Iraq’s long Ottoman history.

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“Before his departure from Baghdad in March 1535, Suleyman I personally ordered officials to do everything necessary to secure the river crossings,” writes Husain. This directive included everything from building bridges to developing trade routes across Iraq and building infrastructure to support the use of the rivers. Traffic police kept the bridges secure and controlled foot and boat traffic while collecting tolls. 

The scale of the Ottoman project was enormous and, “following the Ottoman unification of the Tigris and Euphrates, the largest fortresses along the rivers — Aleppo, Diyarbakir, Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra — received considerable financial support from Istanbul to improve their communication infrastructure.” […]

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When building the river infrastructure, the Ottomans took into account the history of the region and local hydrologic traditions. According to Husain, “The Ottoman state fashioned itself as the guardians of the traditional wisdom of society — tried and true laws, values, and procedures. A traditional posture called for Ottoman intervention in water management to follow the example of ancient rulers and thus preserve the ‘natural’ order of things.”

While there were numerous practical reasons for this, there seems also to have been a political incentive, as seventeenth century Ottoman travel writer Evliya Celebi noted on his 1656 visit to Baghdad. “The land of Iraq is more prosperous than it was in the age of the caliphs,” he wrote. Husain argues that the point Celebi is making here is that Istanbul’s local legitimacy depended partially upon creating a smooth connection with Iraq’s “glorious past”.

Irrigation was also a major part of the Ottoman’s political ideology, known as the “circle of justice”. This concept links economic prosperity with good governance and social justice; for the Ottomans, Iraq’s waterways were essential to wealth creation as well as political and social harmony.

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Text by: Usman Butt. In a book review of Faisal H. Husain’s Rivers of the Sultan: The Tigris and the Euphrates in the Ottoman Empire. Published online in Review - Books and Review sections at Middle East Monitor on 28 March 2022. [Bolded emphasis added by me.]

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I have a platform here on tumblr with a stable following, and it would be incredible if we could somehow get this page to trend, because rn, They need 50k euro to both leave Gaza and receive treatment in Egypt, and as of January 6, 2024 the donations have only amounted to 400 or so euro.

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During the war in Gaza, our family's house was subjected to bombing and destruction, resulting in the tragic loss of my father, brother, and his daughter. Additionally, my sisters, Duaa and Dina, sustained serious injuries. Unfortunately, the necessary medical treatment is not available in Gaza, so we need your assistance to transport them to Cairo for treatment.

The cost of leaving Gaza and securing the required medical treatment is approximately 50,000 euros. We all hope for your response and support to save their lives.

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