Britain and the Launching of the Armenian Question Author(s): Robert F. Zeidner Source: International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct., 1976), pp. 465-483 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/162505 . Accessed: 26/10/2013 10:21 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Cambridge University Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to International Journal of Middle East Studies. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 92.44.165.91 on Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:21:03 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Int. J. Middle East Stud. 7 (1976), 465-483 Printed in U.S.A. 465 Robert F. Zeidner BRITAIN AND THE LAUNCHING OF THE ARMENIAN QUESTION In August 1894, as if by prearranged signal, a series of Muslim attacks on the Gregorian1 Armenian subjects of the Porte broke out in eastern Anatolia and spread gradually, province by province, throughout most of Asiatic Turkey. These disorders raged sporadically for two years until finally, in August 1896, they culminated in a similar assault on the Gregorian Armenian community of Istan- bul, beneath the very windows of the embassies of the Great Powers.