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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815373003321

Autore

Winter Michael <1934->

Titolo

Egyptian society under Ottoman rule, 1517-1798 / / Michael Winter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-134-97513-9

0-415-75512-3

1-134-97514-7

1-280-09889-9

0-203-16923-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

301/.0962

962.03

Soggetti

Social classes - Egypt - History

Egypt History 1517-1882

Egypt Social conditions

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Historical Background; The Vicissitudes of the Ruling Class; The Bedouin Arabs and the State; The Ulama; The Sufis; Popular Religion; The Ashraf and Naqib al-Ashraf: The Prophet's  Descendants and their Chief; The Dhimmis: Jews and Christians; Life in Ottoman Cairo; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Michael Winter's book presents a panoramic view of Ottoman Egypt from the overthrow of the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517 to Bonaparte's invasion of 1798 and the beginning of Egypt's modern period.Drawing on archive material, chronicle and travel accounts from Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew and European sources as well as up-to-date research, this comprehensive social history looks at the dynamics of the Egyptian-Ottoman relationship and the ethnic and cultural clashes which characterised the period. The conflicts between Ottoman pashas and their Egyptian subjects and between Bedouin Arabs and th