Al-Jabartī's history of Egypt / edited and with an introduction by Jane Hathaway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jabartī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1754-1822.

Contributor:

Hathaway, Jane, 1962-

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Series:

Princeton series on the Middle East

Standardized Title:

ʻAjāʼib al-āthār fī al-tarājim wa-al-akhbār. English

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--History--French occupation, 1798-1801.

Egypt.

History.

Egypt--History--Mohammed Ali, 1805-1849.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First Markus Wiener Publishers edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, 2009.

Summary:

The multi-volume chronicle of the Cairo scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754-1825), known in Arabic as Caja-'ib al-atha-r fi-al-tara-jim wa-al-akhba-r, which translates roughly as The Most Wondrous Achievements: Biographies and Reports of Events, is the single most important primary source for the history of Egypt over nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule (1517-1882). This text, compiled by editor Jane Hathaway to appeal to the general reader as well as scholars of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, is a collection of excerpts from al-Jabarti's history, providing a multifaceted overview of Egyptian society during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The selections cover key political developments, including various power struggles and the French occupation, and offer telling glimpses of Egyptian society at large: the role of the Muslim scholar-officials and their interaction with the political authorities; the activities of merchants, shopkeepers, peasants, and tribespeople; the status of women and non-Muslims; and popular reaction to warfare, plagues, natural disasters, food shortages, and price increases. A general introduction and a brief introductory passage to each major excerpt help to place this indispensable primary source in its proper historical and social context.

Contents:

The era of great household rivalries

The era of the French occupation of Egypt

The era of Muḥammad ʻAlī Pasha.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

155876447X

9781558764460

1558764461

9781558764477

OCLC:

226038395

Publisher Number:

99963558216