The Ottoman origins of modern Iraq : political reform, modernization and development in the nineteenth century Middle East / by Ebubekir Ceylan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ceylan, Ebubekir, author.

Series:

Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 22.

Library of Ottoman studies ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--History--19th century.

Middle East.

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

Turkey.

Iraq--History--19th century.

Iraq.

Iraq--Politics and government--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"As a result of the various reforms of the mid-nineteenth century Tanzimat ('reorganisation') era, Ottoman authority in Iraq was much stronger and better administered by the 1870s, than it had been when the Ottomans imposed direct rule over the region in the 1830s. Drawing upon original source documents, Ebubekir Ceylan provides the first comprehensive study of the Tanzimat reforms in Iraq in the nineteenth century, focusing on aspects of political reform, modernization and development and analyzing both the successes and failures of the reform process. The reforms included administrative and military centralization, the establishment of provincial councils and these, as well as the Ottoman tribal policy and the Ottoman contribution to the modernization of urban life and infrastructure. Ceylan demonstrates that the origins of modern Iraq can be found in the period of Ottoman rule in the nineteenth century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I: Ottoman Iraq: Geography, People and History

CHAPTER II: 'Bringing the State Back in': Re-assertion of Ottoman Direct Rule in Baghdad

CHAPTER III: Ottoman Provincial Administration in Baghdad

CHAPTER IV: Tanzimat As Applied in Ottoman Baghdad

CHAPTER V: The Land and the Tribes

CHAPTER VI: Public Woks (Umûr-? Nâfi'a) and Modernization in Baghdad

CONCLUSION.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613380623

9780755610983

0755610989

9781283380621

1283380625

9780857720412

0857720414

OCLC:

774393802