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Zapadlý projekt Muhammada Alího. Budování hráze v deltě Nilu

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Mazanec J.

Dvacáté století - The Twentieth Century

2017

vol. 9

issue 2

87-97

This article analyses the problems of the first modern attempts at modernization of the Egyptian irrigation systems on the Nile River in 19th century. The focus is on the construction of the barrage in the head of Delta. This project, commenced by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali (1805–1848), was intended to improve the irrigation of Delta and thus increase agricultural revenues, primarily with regard to the cotton production. The engagement of French foreign advisors such as engineers Louis Maurice Linant de Bellefonds and Eugène Mougel in the first phase of the project demonstrates the great influence France held over Muhammad Ali’s Egypt. The involvement of British engineers Colin Scott-Moncrieff, William Reid and William Willcocks in the later phase of the project, which began in the 1860s, in contrast reflects British economic interests and the rising of Britain’s dominance on the Nile.

Tento článek se zabývá problematikou prvních novodobých pokusů o modernizaci egyptského zavlažovacího systému na řece Nil v 19. století. Zaměřuje se především na budování hráze v nilské deltě. Tento projekt, který zahájil egyptský vládce Muhammad Alí, měl zlepšit zavlažování v oblasti delty, a tak zvýšit zemědělské výnosy, především z produkce bavlny. Počáteční účast francouzských inženýrů Louise Maurice Linanta de Bellefonds a Eugèna Mougela dokládá velký vliv Francie na Egypt Muhammada Alího. Angažmá britských inženýrů Colina Scotta-Moncrieffa, Williama Reida nebo Williama Willcockse v projektu, které začíná v šedesátých letech, je naopak zrcadlem počínající britské dominance na Nilu.

The Delta Barrage — the Most Expensive Bridge of Its Time? The First Attempts at Taming the Nile

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Mazanec J.

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations

2017

issue 2

21-31

This article analyses the problems of the first attempts at modernization of the Egyptian irrigation systems on the Nile River in 19th century. The focus is on the construction of the barrage in the head of Delta. This project, commenced by Egyptian ruler Muhammad Ali (1805–1848), was intended to improve the irrigation of Delta and thus increase agricultural revenues, primarily with regard to the cotton production. The engagement of French foreign advisors such as engineers Louis Maurice Linant de Bellefonds and Eugène Mougel in the first phase of the project demonstrates the great influence France held over Muhammad Ali’s Egypt. The involvement of British engineers Colin Scott-Moncrieff, William Reid and William Willcocks in the later phase of the project, which began in the 1860s, in contrast reflects British economic interests and the rising of Britain’s dominance on the Nile.

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Zapadlý projekt Muhammada Alího. Budování hráze v deltě Nilu

The Delta Barrage — the Most Expensive Bridge of Its Time? The First Attempts at Taming the Nile