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Jews and Muslims in lower Yemen : a study in protection and restraint, 1918-1949 / by Isaac Hollander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollander, Isaac.
- Series:
- Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 96.
- Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; v. 96
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc--Yemen, South.
- Jews.
- Jews--Yemen, South--Social conditions--20th century.
- Dhimmis (Islamic law)--Legal status, laws, etc--Yemen, South.
- Dhimmis (Islamic law).
- Jewish-Arab relations--History--1917-1948.
- Jewish-Arab relations.
- Yemen, South--Ethnic relations.
- Yemen, South.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (526 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This fascinating microhistory unveils networks of extended interpersonal relationships between Jewish villagers and members of their Muslim surroundings in the decades preceding their 1949 departure from Lower Yemen. In a multi-layered narrative crafted from letters and legal documents in Arabic and an accompanying supply of Judeo-Arabic narratives, the book portrays how religiously subordinated individuals strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant majority. At once shedding new light on both Jewish history and on rural Yemeni-Muslim history, the work provides a rare, pre-republican (pre-1962) portrait of rural life in Lower Yemen while positioning the Jewish community in the context of hitherto little-understood social, legal, economic and political systems.
- Contents:
- Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Style; Lexical Note; Introduction and Plan of Work; Chapter One: Sources and Method; Chapter Two: The Framework; Chapter Three: Foundations of a Working Hypothesis; Chapter Four: The Shaykh and the Aqil; Chapter Five: Jizya Headmanship-and Hayyim Misha; Chapter Six: Yahya Hayyim and Jizya Headmanship; Chapter Seven: Towards a Conclusion: Supplanted Authorities and Reinterpreted Relationships; Chapter Eight: Bilad al-'Adharib and the Bani al-Munifi; Chapter Nine: The Brink of Dhimma: Negotiating with the Bani al-Munifi of Bilad al-'Adharib
- Chapter Ten: A Threshold Crossed: Yahya Hayyim and Hajj Muhammad of Bilad al-HayqiConclusions; Appendices; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-468) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-85977-6
- 9786610859771
- 1-4294-2793-0
- 90-474-0606-0
- 1-4337-0510-9
- OCLC:
- 476024117
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047406068 DOI
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