Laidlaw Christine. The British in the Levant: Trade and Perceptions of the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century

I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, 2010. — 289 p.List of Illustrations.
Acknowledgements.Introduction and Background to the Levant Company.
Outline of Existing Literature.
Sources and Proposed Methodology.
Britain’s Relations with the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth Century.
Background to the Levant Company.
The Company in the Seventeenth Century.
The Company in the Eighteenth Century.
The Administrators.
Company Organization and Finances.
The Salaried Officials.
Emoluments.
Order and Discipline.
Travellers, Houseguests and Hangers-on.
Ambassador John Murray.The Chaplains.
The Seventeenth Century.
The Lure of the Levant.
Commercial Activity.
Proselytization.
The Chaplains of the Eighteenth Century.
Istanbul and Izmir.The Physicians.
Istanbul.
Mackenzie and Mackittrick.
Izmir.
Dr Andrew Turnbull.
Aleppo.
George Strachan.
The Eighteenth-Century Scottish Doctors.
The Edinburgh Medical School.
The Russells.
Alexander Russell (8 September 1714–28 November 1768).
Patrick Russell (7 February 1727–2 July 1805).
Adam Freer (c.1747–1811).Family Life and Recreation.
Background.
The Position of the East India Company.
Families in Istanbul.
Izmir in the Eighteenth Century.
Aleppo.Conclusion: The Decline and Eventual Demise of the Company.
Appendix: Chaplains at Istanbul, Izmir and Aleppo in the Eighteenth Century.
Notes.