The Arabs and the Scramble for Africa - John C. Wilkinson
9. Confrontation
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: First indications of the German threat; Britain and France outmanoeuvred; German Objectives; German Tactics; The Sultan’s reactions; Franco-British appeasement of Germany; DKG’s new moves; Pre-emptive moves; The German thesis of the Sultan’s rights; Local Tactics; The birth of the Boundary Commission; Showdown; The Delimitation Commission; The French Commissioner; Sell out; The Comoros; DKG/DOAG; Anglo-German agreement