The Syrian Land In The 18th And 19th Century: The Common And The Specific In The Historical Experience (berliner Islamstudien)

Edited By Thomas Philipp. The Present Volume Emanated From A Conference On The Syrian Land Which Was Held In The Summer Of 1989 In Erlangen--p. Xi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Abbreviations Preface I. Syria. The Land, the Term, the Identity Consciences Syriennes et Représentations Cartographiques à la Fin du XIXe Siècle et au Début du XXe Siècle Ottoman Policies Toward Syriain the 17th and 18th Centuries Greater Syria under Ottoman Constitutional Rule: Ottomanism, Arabism, Regionalism Syria and the Syrian Land: The 19th Century Roots of 20th Century Developments Changing Patterns of Economic Ties: The Syrian and Iraqi Provinces in the 18th and 19th Centuries II. Elites and Political Power Continuity and Change in the Socio-Political Elite in Palestine During the late Ottoman Period Social Structure and Political Power in Acre in the 18th Century Changes in the Position and Role of the Syrian Ulama in the 18th and 19th Centuries Ruhi al-Khalidi 1864 - 1913: A Symbol of the Cultural Movement in Palestine Towards the End of the Ottoman Rule III. Urban Life and Social Structure Groupes Sociaux et Geographie Urbaine à Alep au XVIIIe Siècle Aspects de la Vie Matérielle à Damas à la Fin du XVIIe Siècled’après les Inventaires après Décès Wealth, Privilege, and Family Structure: The ‘Askaris of 18th Century Damascus According to the Qassam ‘Askari Inheritance Records The Damascene Jewish Community in the Latter Decades of the Eighteenth Century: Aspects of Socio-Economic Life Based on the Registers of the Shari'a Courts IV. Rural Life, Agricultural Production and Landownership Shareholders and the State: Representing the Village in the Late 19th Century Land Registers of the Southern Hawran Moneylending and Capital Flows from Nablus, Damascus and Jerusalem to Qada’ al-Salt in the Last Decades of Ottoman Rule Taxation And Agriculture In the District of Hama, 1800 - 1831; New Material From the Records Of the Religious Court Settlement Desertion in the Gezira between the 16th and 19th Century City and Countryside in a Traditional Setting The Case of Damascus in the First Quarter of the Eighteenth Century The Receding of the Christian Presence in the Holy Land; a 19th Century Sijill in the Light of 16th Century Tahrirs List of Contributors Indices