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Record Nr.

UNISA996248275903316

Autore

Hathaway Jane <1962->

Titolo

The politics of households in Ottoman Egypt : the rise of the Qazdağlis / / Jane Hathaway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997

ISBN

0-511-82257-X

0-511-47073-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Disciplina

305.5/2

Soggetti

Elite (Social sciences) - Egypt - History - 18th century

Power (Social sciences) - Egypt - History - 18th century

Households - Political activity - Egypt - History - 18th century

Patron and client - Egypt - History - 18th century

Social networks - Egypt - History - 18th century

Egypt History 1517-1882

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1997, first paperback edition 2002"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-189) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The household and its place in Ottoman Egypt's history -- pt. 2. Qazdağli household-building strategies.

Sommario/riassunto

In a lucidly argued revisionist study of Ottoman Egypt, first published in 1996, Jane Hathaway challenges the traditional view that Egypt's military elite constituted a revival of the institutions of the Mamluk sultanate. The author contends that the framework within which this elite operated was the household, a conglomerate of patron-client ties that took various forms. In this respect, she argues, Egypt's elite represented a provincial variation on an empire-wide, household-based political culture. The study focuses on the Qazdagli household. Originally, a largely Anatolian contingent within Egypt's Janissary regiment, the Qazdaglis dominated Egypt by the late eighteenth century. Using Turkish and Arabic archival sources, Jane Hathaway sheds light on the manner in which the Qazdaglis exploited the Janissary rank hierarchy, while forming strategic alliances through marriage, commercial partnerships and the patronage of palace eunuchs.