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



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Autore: Hathaway Jane <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The politics of households in Ottoman Egypt : the rise of the Qazdağlis / / Jane Hathaway Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina: 305.5/2
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto geografico: Egypt History 1517-1882
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.
Altri titoli varianti: Rise of the Qazdaæglis
Titolo autorizzato: The politics of households in Ottoman Egypt  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-511-82257-X
0-511-47073-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996248275903316
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Serie: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.