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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784194403321

Autore

Hollander Isaac

Titolo

Jews and Muslims in Lower Yemen : A Study in Protection and Restraint, 1918-1949 / / Isaac Hollander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-85977-6

9786610859771

1-4294-2793-0

90-474-0606-0

1-4337-0510-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Collana

Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; ; 96

Disciplina

305.892/4053/09041

Soggetti

Dhimmis (Islamic law) - Yemen, South

Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948

Jews - Legal status, laws, etc - Yemen, South

Jews - Yemen, South - Social conditions - 20th century

Yemen, South Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Style; Lexical Note; Introduction and Plan of Work; Chapter One: Sources and Method; Chapter Two: The Framework; Chapter Three: Foundations of a Working Hypothesis; Chapter Four: The Shaykh and the Aqil; Chapter Five: Jizya Headmanship-and Hayyim Misha; Chapter Six: Yahya Hayyim and Jizya Headmanship; Chapter Seven: Towards a Conclusion: Supplanted Authorities and Reinterpreted Relationships; Chapter Eight: Bilad al-'Adharib and the Bani al-Munifi; Chapter Nine: The Brink of Dhimma: Negotiating with the Bani al-Munifi of Bilad al-'Adharib

Chapter Ten: A Threshold Crossed: Yahya Hayyim and Hajj Muhammad of Bilad al-HayqiConclusions; Appendices; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This fascinating microhistory unveils networks of extended interpersonal relationships between Jewish villagers and members of their Muslim surroundings in the decades preceding their 1949



departure from Lower Yemen. In a multi-layered narrative crafted from letters and legal documents in Arabic and an accompanying supply of Judeo-Arabic narratives, the book portrays how religiously subordinated individuals strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant majority. At once shedding new light on both Jewish history and on rural Yemeni-Muslim history, the work provides a rare, pre-republican (pre-1962) portrait of rural life in Lower Yemen while positioning the Jewish community in the context of hitherto little-understood social, legal, economic and political systems.