Middle Eastern states and the Philippines under early American rule, 1898-1919

Clarence-Smith, William

Abstract

Faced with Moro Muslim resistance in the southern Philippines from 1898, America sought help from Middle Eastern rulers. The Ottoman Empire played the central role, although Egypt and Persia also became involved. In 1899 the American ambassador in Istanbul persuaded the sultan, as Caliph, to order the Moros to submit. In 1913 the Ottoman sultan appointed a ‘high teacher’ for the Moros, Shaykh Wajih al-Kilani, from Palestine. Expelled from the Philippines by the Americans in early 1914, Wajih went to Washington to plead his cause, but died in Virginia in 1916. The Ottomans usually relied on European consuls to protect their nationals resident in the Philippines, but the ‘Young Turks’ appointed a career consul in Manila in 1910–11. After April 1917, Ottoman subjects became ‘allies of enemy’, despite the largely ‘Syrian’ community protesting its allegiance to the USA. After the First World War, the US ceased to court Middle Eastern states.

Citation

Clarence-Smith, W. (2015). Middle Eastern states and the Philippines under early American rule, 1898-1919. In A. C. S. Peacock, & A. Teh Gallop (Eds.), From Anatolia to Aceh: Ottomans, Turks and Southeast Asia (199-219). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265819.003.0009

• Publication Date: Feb 5, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 21, 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 199-219
• Series Title: Proceedings of the British Academy
• Series ISSN: 0068-1202
• Book Title: From Anatolia to Aceh: Ottomans, Turks and Southeast Asia
• ISBN: 9780197265819
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197265819.003.0009
• Publisher URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-anatolia-to-aceh-9780197265819?cc=gb&lang=en&