War (oct 1, 1853 – jan 1, 1858)
Description:
CRIMEAN WAR "... would prove a turning point for the Ottoman Empire.... [it] would enter into massive loans with European creditors, the first of several that would lead to financial disaster, bankruptcy... Two years after the end of the Crimean War, the sultan enacted the Ottoman Land Code.... so it can be taxed""It would open the door for large-scale buying and selling of Ottoman Alan... including the Holy Land"
-- Cahn,J. The Oracle (2019), pg51
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Date:
oct 1, 1853
jan 1, 1858
~ 4 years and 3 months