Table of Contents

List of plates; Preface; Editor's foreword; Documents and publications referred to; Part I. The Ottoman Province: 1. The Ottoman organization; 2. Western relations in the seventeenth century; 3. Kapudan Pasha and Grand Vezir (1571–1785); 4. Ascendancy of Dragoman and Bishops (1785–1821); 5. Abortive reforms (1821–1856); 6. Last days of Turkish rule (1856–1878); 7. The British occupation (1878); 8. The church under the Turks (1571-1878); Part II. Cyprus under British Rule: 9. Status of the island; 10. Constitutional questions; 11. Finance: taxation; 12. Finance: the tribute; 13. Enosis; 14. The church under the British; 15. Antiquities; 16. Strategic considerations; Appendices; Index.

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A rich, varied history of conquerors and colonizers which recognizes the centrality of Cyprus to the Mediterranean world.