title: Dar al Harb
abstract: Abstract This chapter analyzes the events of the Crimean War and how the results of this conflict affected the native Crimean Tatars. Fearing an increase in Russian power in the strategic Bosphorus Straits at the expense of the enfeebled Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia joined Sultan Abdul Mecid in their fight against the Russians. The operations of the alliance forced Russia to increase their security on Crimean territory, employing Cossacks who patrolled major Tatar cities such as
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