Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire : a history of the Fraternity and its influence in Syria and the Levant / Dorothe Sommer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sommer, Dorothe, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freemasonry--Syria--History--19th century.

Freemasonry.

Freemasonry--Lebanon--History--19th century.

Syria--History--1516-1918.

Syria.

Lebanon--History--1516-1918.

Lebanon.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

"The network of freemasons and Masonic lodges in the Middle East is an opaque and mysterious one, and is all too often seen - within the area - as a vanguard for Western purposes of regional domination. But here, Dorothe Sommer explains how freemasonry in Greater Syria at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century actually developed a life of its own, promoting local and regional identities. She stresses that during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, freemasonry was actually one of the first institutions in what is now Syria and Lebanon which overcame religious and sectarian divisions. Indeed, the lodges attracted more participants - such as the members of the Trad and Yaziji Family, Khaireddeen Abdulwahab, Hassan Bayhum, Alexander Barroudi and Jurji Yanni - than any other society or fraternity--Bloomsbury Publishing."

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Ottoman Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century

Chapter 2: Masonic Principles Challenged

Chapter 3: Masonic Grand Bodies

Chapter 4: Freemasonry in Beirut

Chapter 5: Freemasonry on Mount Lebanon

Chapter 6: Freemasonry in Tripoli and El Mina

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755607938

0755607937

OCLC:

1140158713