Hamidian Palestine: Politics and Society in the District of Jerusalem 1872-1908 (Ottoman Empire and it's Heritage, 46)

During the era of Sultan Abd lhamid II, modern state institutions were established in Palestine, while national identities had not yet developed. "Hamidian Palestine" explores how the inhabitants of the Ottoman District of Jerusalem interacted with each other and how they organised their interests in a historical moment before Arabs and Jews emerged as the central political categories in the country. Based on a wide range of Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew sources, the book examines the social and political relations of Palestinians from a wide variety of perspectives. By situating individual case studies within larger contexts such as modernisation, regionalisation and state-building, it allows Palestinian society to be compared with other local societies within the Ottoman Empire and beyond. Contents 5 List of Figures 9 List of Maps 12 List of Text Boxes 13 List of Abbreviations 14 Months of the Islamic Hijrī Calendar, in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic 16 Note on Transliteration 17 Acknowledgements 18 Introduction 20 Temporal and Geographic Scope of the Study 24 Concepts 25 Historiography 32 Sources 35 Structure of the Study 56 Part I Imperial Politics 58 Chapter One The Making of a Province 60 Drawing Boundaries: The Creation of the District of Jerusalem 60 Building Institutions: Translating the Tanzimat Reforms in Local Contexts 79 Formalised Avenues of Local Participation 91 The District Government’s Budget 101 Conclusion 115 Part II Everyday Politics 121 Chapter Two Making Spaces: Regionalisation through Everyday Practices 122 Chapter Three The Highlands 125 Jerusalem and Jabal al-Quds 126 The City of Jerusalem 152 Local Political Life 153 Conclusion 184 Case Study The Memoirs of Wāṣif al-Jawhariyya: Communities, Hierarchies and Networks in Late Ottoman Jerusalem 187 Conclusion 211 Hebron and Jabal al-Khalīl 213 Case Study The Family History of the Āl al-'Amla: Memories of Socio-Political Change in the Hebron Region 222 Conclusion 228 Chapter Four The Coastal Plains 230 The Jaffa Region 235 Case Study The Memoirs of Yosef Eliyahu Chelouche: Between Old and New Worlds 257 Conclusion 275 The Gaza Region 277 Case Study Success Stories from the Frontier Region of Gaza: The Ḥusaynī, Shawwā and Abū Khaḍra Families as Portrayed by 'Uthmān al-Ṭabbā' 304 Conclusion 320 Part III Elite Politics 326 Chapter Five Central and Local Elites: A Conceptual Framework 328 Chapter Six Local Elites 335 Continuity and Change in Local Elite-Formation 335 Resources 343 Case Study The Education of 'Umar al-Ṣāliḥ al-Barghūthī 361 Political Roles and Functions of the a'yān 375 Being Noble: Representation and Distinction 394 The Oligarchs and the Ottoman Government 411 Conclusion 414 Chapter Seven Central Elites 417 Ottoman Officials: Families, Households, and Careers 419 Hamidian Governors and Their Perceptions of Palestine and the Palestinians 424 Conclusion 445 Part IV Widening the Scope of Politics 453 Chapter Eight The Infrastructure of the Public Sphere 454 New Possibilities for Long-Distance Communication 456 Education 473 Print Culture 480 Old and New Forms of Sociability 489 Chapter Nine Palestine as a Social Space 495 Chapter Ten Repercussions of Empire-Wide Developments and the Politicisation of Everyday Concerns 503 Chapter Eleven Government and Opposition in the Public Sphere 515 Conclusion 529 Appendices 536 Appendix One Chronology of Palestinian History, 1872–1908 536 Appendix Two Ottoman Administrators 562 Appendix Three Budgets and Tax Revenue 576 Appendix Four Currencies, Prices and Salaries 582 Glossary 584 Bibliography 588 Index 616 During the era of Sultan Abdülhamid II, modern state institutions were established in Palestine, while national identities had not yet developed. Hamidian Palestine explores how the inhabitants of the Ottoman District of Jerusalem interacted with each other and how they organised their interests in a historical moment before ‘Arabs'and ‘Jews'emerged as the central political categories in the country. Based on a wide range of Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew sources, the book examines the social and political relations of Palestinians from a wide variety of perspectives. By situating individual case studies within larger contexts such as modernisation, regionalisation and state-building, it allows Palestinian society to be compared with other local societies within the Ottoman Empire and beyond. During The Era Of Sultan Abdülhamid Ii, Modern State Institutions Were Established In Palestine, While National Identities Had Not Yet Developed. Based On Arabic, Turkish And Hebrew Sources, The Book Analyses This Historical Moment From A Wide Variety Of Perspectives. During the era of Sultan Abdulhamid II, modern state institutions were established in Palestine, while national identities had not yet developed. Based on Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew sources, the book analyses this historical moment from a wide variety of perspectives.