Ottoman Muslim Missionaries and the Transjordan Frontier

Rogan, E. (1999)

Article / Letter to editor

Western missionaries are credited with introducing many changes to Middle Eastern societies in the 19th century. Their influence on the Ottoman state is less well known. Competing with Protestant and Catholic missionaries for the minds, souls, and bodies of its Arab subjects, the Ottomans adopted Christian missionary methods to beat them at their own game.

• TransJordan Frontier

• All authors: Rogan, E.
• Date: 1999
• Journal: ISIM Newsletter
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 19 - 19
• Publisher: ISIM, Leiden