A Second “Fashoda”? Britain, India, and a French “Threat” in Oman at the End of the Nineteenth Century

Contenu

Crouzet, Guillemette. 2018. « A Second “Fashoda”? Britain, India, and a French “Threat” in Oman at the End of the Nineteenth Century ». In British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Connected Empires across the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, 131-50. Springer International Publishing, bibliographie, consulté le 3 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/49198

Titre

A Second “Fashoda”? Britain, India, and a French “Threat” in Oman at the End of the Nineteenth Century

Créateur

Crouzet, Guillemette Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

rédacteur

Fichter, James R. Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Résumé

In the 1890s, France made a “comeback” in Oman and in the Western Indian Ocean that took various forms: the “Muscat French dhows” in the Western Indian Ocean and the Muscat coaling station manifest this renewed French imperialism. However, this reiterated French presence in Oman was a source of growing tensions between France and Britain just as London and Paris had begun the negotiations for the signature of the Entente Cordiale. This chapter highlights an episode that challenged the Franco-British rapprochement: the coaling-station affair. This chapter argues that this affair almost led to a new “Fashoda” in the sea of Oman. Resolved at France’s expense, this affair stands as an illustration of the strategic importance of Oman and the Gulf during the age of New Imperialism and of British India’s political autonomy from London.

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British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Connected Empires across the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

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Cham

Editeur

Springer International Publishing Voir tous les contenus avec cette valeur

Date

2019

pages

131-150

Langue

eng

ISBN

978-3-319-97964-9

uri

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97964-9_7

Crouzet, Guillemette. 2018. « A Second “Fashoda”? Britain, India, and a French “Threat” in Oman at the End of the Nineteenth Century ». In British and French Colonialism in Africa, Asia and the Middle East: Connected Empires across the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, 131-50. Springer International Publishing, bibliographie, consulté le 3 avril 2025, https://ibadica.org/s/bibliographie/item/49198