Syrian-Kurdish intersections in the Ottoman Period / edited by Stéfan Winter and Zainab HajHasan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winter, Stefan, 1970- editor.

HajHasan, Zainab, editor.

Series:

New landscapes in Middle East studies.

New landscapes in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Syria--History.

Kurds.

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

Turkey.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period is a collection of essays on different aspects of the history of the Kurdish people in Syria under the Ottoman Empire, by specialists from Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Syria, Turkey, and the United States. The book explores the junctures and crossings of Kurdish lives, Syrian geography in the broadest terms, and the Ottoman rule. The contributors draw on new research in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic, and a range of other archival and narrative sources to examine the history of Kurdish settlement in Syria, including Ottoman sedentarization policies, Kurdish notable families, trade, landowning, Kurdish-Bedouin relations, Kurdish-Ottoman civil servants, Sufism, and nineteenth-century state reforms. Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period traces a social, political, economic, and religious history across nearly 400 years."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations

Archival Series Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Kurdish Origins and Territorialities in Diachronic Perspective

1 Nusaybin under the Ottomans

2 The Qizilbash Reconsidered: The Role of the Kurdish Arabgirlu Tribe in the Early Safavid State

3 The ʿAfrin District under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1921

Part Two: Kurds in Western and Urban Syria

4 Locating the Kurds in Ottoman Jordan and Palestine in the Sixteenth Century

5 The Lebanese Junblats and the Canbolads: A Case of Mistaken Identity

6 Warlords and Landlords: The Kurdish Presence in Central Syria in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

Part Three: Kurdish Tribalism and Tribal Control in the Jazira

7 Waqf versus Miri Nomads: Taxation, Endowment, and Settlement Practices in Northern Syria in the Eighteenth Century

8 Bekir Bey and the Making of a Reşwan Nobility at Rumkale

9 The Berazi Tribe of Suruj and Their Rebellion in the Tanzimat Period

10 The Reşwan in Central Anatolia: Tribal Settlement and Sheep Trade in the Nineteenth Century

11 Warfare and Alliances in Raʼs al-ʿAyn: Hamidiye Regiments, Bedouin Tribes, and Ottoman Governors, 1895-1905

Part Four: Syrian Kurdish Elites of the Late Ottoman Period

12 Kurdish Naqshbandi-Khalidi Sheikhs of Damascus in the Nineteenth Century

13 Alliances and Competition in Kurdish Networks in Late Ottoman Syria: The Example of the Bedirhani and Baban Families

14 Between Ottomanism and Kurdism: Mehmed Salih Bedirhan and ʿAbd al-Rahman Yusuf in Damascus

Afterword

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781487556884

1487556888

9781487556877

148755687X

OCLC:

1428995536