The kin who count : family and society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840

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The kin who count : family and society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840

Margaret L. Meriwether

University of Texas Press, 1999

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-268) and index

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The history of the Middle Eastern family presents as many questions as there are currently answers. Who lived together in the household? Who married whom and for how long? Who got a piece of the patrimonial pie? These are the questions that Margaret Meriwether investigates in this groundbreaking study of family life among the upper classes of the Ottoman Empire in the pre-modern and early modern period. Meriwether recreates Aleppo family life over time from records kept by the Islamic religious courts that held jurisdiction over all matters of family law and property transactions. From this research, she asserts that the stereotype of the large, patriarchal patrilineal family rarely existed in reality. Instead, Aleppo's notables organized their families in a great diversity of ways, despite the fact that they were all members of the same social class with widely shared cultural values, acting under the same system of family law. She concludes that this had important implications for gender relations and demonstrates that it gave women more authority and greater autonomy than is usually acknowledged.

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Preface Note on Transliteration Introduction One. Family and Lineage: Aleppo's Notables Two. Family and Household Three. Marriage Bonds and Marriage Partners Four. Inheritance and Family Structure Five. Endowment and Family Structure Conclusion Appendix One. The Notable Families of Aleppo Appendix Two. Selected Genealogies Notes Bibliography Index

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