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The Pasha's Bedouin : tribes and State relations in Egypt of Mehemet Ali 1805-1848 / Reuven Aharoni.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aharoni, Reuven.
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
- Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History ; v.4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muḥammad ʻAlī Bāshā, Governor of Egypt, 1769-1849.
- Muḥammad ʻAlī Bāshā.
- Bedouins--Egypt--History--19th century.
- Bedouins.
- Bedouins--Egypt--Political activity.
- Egypt--Ethnic relations.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (286 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Egypt's history is interwoven with conflicts of Bedouin, governments and peasants, competing over same cultivated lands and of migrations of nomads from the deserts to the Nile Valley. Mehemet Ali's era represented the initial ending of the traditional tribalism, and the beginning of emergence of a semi-urban community, which became an integral part of the sedentarised population. Providing a new perspective on tribal life in Egypt under Mehemet Ali Pasha's rule, The Pasha's Bedouin examines the social and political aspects of the Bedouin during 1805-1848. By highlighting the comple
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Note on transliteration, dates and references; Introduction; Part I: Historical and social perspectives; 1 Tribal history in outline; 2 Tribal society and the tribal elite: Approaches and concepts; 3 Territoriality and identity; 4 The economic world of the Egyptian bedouin; 5 A trinity of competition and cooperation: 'Mamluks', bedouin and fellahin in the Egyptian society; Part II: Governing the state; 6 Tribe and state in Egypt: Coexistence in conflict; 7 Office-holders; 8 Military service: The Pasha's bedouin; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
- General indexIndex of names and tribal groupings
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-26820-3
- 1-134-26821-1
- 1-280-75086-3
- 9786610750863
- 0-203-00723-9
- 9780203007235
- OCLC:
- 437178677
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