The Arab lands under Ottoman rule, 1516-1800 / Jane Hathaway ; with contributions by Karl K. Barbir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hathaway, Jane, 1962-

Contributor:

Barbir, Karl K., 1948-

Series:

History of the Near East

A history of the Near East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab countries--History--1517-1918.

Arab countries.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Harlow ; New York : Longman, 2008.

Summary:

In this seminal study, Jane Hathaway presents a wide-ranging reassessment of the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq and Yemen - the first of its kind in over forty years.

Challenging outmoded perceptions of this period as a demoralizing prelude to the rise of Arab nationalism and Arab nation-states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Hathaway depicts an era of immense social, cultural, economic and political change which helped to shape the foundations of today's modern Middle and Near East. Taking full advantage of a wide range of Arabic and Ottoman primary sources, she examines the changing fortunes of not only the political elite but also the broader population of merchants, shopkeepers, peasants, tribal populations, religious scholars, women, and ethnic and religious minorities who inhabited this diverse and volatile region.

With masterly concision and clarity, Hathaway guides the reader through all the key current approaches to and debates surrounding Arab society during this period. This is far more than just another political history; it is a global study which offers an entirely new perspective on the era and region as a whole.

Contents:

Introduction: Rewriting Arab History, 1516-1800 1

Why The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule? 2

Sources for the study of the Ottoman Arab lands 5

'Decline' and decentralization 7

State and society 9

Local notables and localization 12

Households 13

Households and localization 14

Artisans 16

Rural populations 17

Marginal populations 18

Chapter 1 Land and Peoples 23

Regions and nomenclature 23

Geographical features 25

Peoples 27

Religious minorities 29

Chapter 2 The Ottoman Conquest of the Arab Lands 35

The rise of the Ottomans 35

The Mamluk sultanate (1250-1517) 36

The Safavids 37

The Portuguese 38

Conquest of the Mamluks 39

Suleyman I's conquest of Iraq 40

Yemen 41

North Africa 44

Chapter 3 The Organization of the Ottoman Provincial Administration 46

Relations with the conquered population 46

Administrative subdivisions 48

Land tenure 49

The nature of Ottoman rule in Egypt 51

Early challenges to Ottoman rule 52

Chapter 4 Crisis and Change in the Seventeenth Century 59

The 'decline' paradigm 59

The crisis of the seventeenth century 62

Kuls and Osman II 64

Janissary hegemony in the Arab provinces 67

Jelali governors and their equivalents 69

The loss of Yemen 75

The Koprulu reforms 76

Chapter 5 Provincial Notables in the Eighteenth Century 79

Ayan 79

The ayan household 81

Georgian mamluks in ayan households 98

Women in the household 99

African eunuchs and ayan households 102

Ayan architecture 107

Chapter 6 Religious and Intellectual Life 114

The ulema 115

Sufism 126

The ulema in social protest 131

The ulema as intellectuals 132

Chapter 7 Urban Life and Trade 138

Arab provincial cities 138

Government regulation of markets 147

Long-distance trade 154

The Red Sea coffee trade and its cultural effects 162

Chapter 8 Rural Life 169

Land tenure 169

Village life 172

Tribes 180

Chapter 9 Marginal Groups and Minority Populations 188

Religious minorities 189

Non-elite slavery 200

Women 202

The poor and disabled 209

Chapter 10 Ideological and Political Changes in the Late Eighteenth Century 213

'Neo-Sufism' 214

Wahhabism 217

The crisis of Selim III's reign (1789-1807) 219

Conclusion: Transformations Under Ottoman Rule 228

The effects of Ottoman rule 228

The Ottoman Arab provinces after 1800 234

The Ottomans and the world 237

The question of nationalist historiographies 244

Present-day relevance 247

Ottoman Sultans to 1839 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780582418998

0582418992

OCLC:

175284089