Tweets about: French Ottoman

Abdul Rahman ®

@maryrussell1 Its a hybrid system of old french civil law, ottoman bylaws in some respect and sharia law.

11 years ago

A joint British and French operation was mounted to capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia.

11 years ago

We never even had a break after the rebellion when the Ottoman Empire fell, as soon as it did the French came into Syria

11 years ago

The crumbling of the Ottoman Empire threatened the British route to India via Suez as well as sundry French,... http://t.co/rZkreVBS

11 years ago

@PaulGrahamRaven it wasn't just us, there was significant French input into the carving up of the old Ottoman Empire, but mainly our fault

11 years ago