Hamidian Palestine : politics and society in the district of Jerusalem, 1872-1908
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Hamidian Palestine : politics and society in the district of Jerusalem, 1872-1908
（The Ottoman Empire and its heritages : politics, society and economy, v. 46）
Brill, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [569]-596) and index
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Description
During the era of Sultan Abdulhamid II, modern state institutions were established in Palestine, while national identities had not yet developed. Hamidian Palestine explores how the inhabitants of the Ottoman District of Jerusalem interacted with each other and how they organised their interests in a historical moment before 'Arabs' and 'Jews' emerged as the central political categories in the country. Based on a wide range of Arabic, Turkish and Hebrew sources, the book examines the social and political relations of Palestinians from a wide variety of perspectives. By situating individual case studies within larger contexts such as modernisation, regionalisation and state-building, it allows Palestinian society to be compared with other local societies within the Ottoman Empire and beyond.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
List of Figures ..................................................................................... ix
List of Maps ........................................................................................ xiii
List of Text Boxes .............................................................................. xv
List of Abbreviations ......................................................................... xvii
Months of the Islamic Hijri Calendar, in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic ............ xix
Note on Transliteration .................................................................... xxi
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ xxiii
Introduction ........................................................................................ 1
Temporal and Geographic Scope of the Study ........................ 5
Concepts ......................................................................................... 6
Historiography ............................................................................... 13
Sources ............................................................................................ 16
Structure of the Study ................................................................... 36
PART I
IMPERIAL POLITICS
Chapter One The Making of a Province .................................... 41
Drawing Boundaries: The Creation of the District of Jerusalem ...................... 41
Building Institutions: Translating the Tanzimat Reforms in Local Contexts ... 59
Formalised Avenues of Local Participation .............................. 71
The District Government's Budget ............................................. 81
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 95
PART II
EVERYDAY POLITICS
Chapter Two Making Spaces: Regionalisation through Everyday Practices ............. 103
Chapter Three The Highlands ...................................................... 106
Jerusalem and Jabal al-Quds ....................................................... 107
Case Study
The Memoirs of 'Umar al-S alih al-Barghuthi: The Bani Zayd Region and its Political Leadership between Autonomy and Integration ................................... 111
The City of Jerusalem ................................................................... 133
Local Political Life ......................................................................... 134
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 165
Case Study
The Memoirs of Was if al-Jawhariyya: Communities, Hierarchies and Networks in Late Ottoman Jerusalem .... 168
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 192
Hebron and Jabal al-Khalil ......................................................... 194
Case Study
The Family History of the Al al-'Amla: Memories of Socio-Political Change in the Hebron Region .......... 203
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 209
Chapter Four The Coastal Plains ................................................. 211
The Jaffa Region ............................................................................. 216
Case Study
The Memoirs of Yosef Eliyahu Chelouche: Between Old and New Worlds ............................................ 238
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 256
The Gaza Region ............................................................................ 258
Case Study
Success Stories from the Frontier Region of Gaza: The H usayni, Shawwa and Abu Khad ra Families as Portrayed by 'Uthman al-T abba' ........................................ 285
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 301
PART III
ELITE POLITICS
Chapter Five Central and Local Elites: A Conceptual Framework ........ 309
Chapter Six Local Elites ................................................................. 316
Continuity and Change in Local Elite-Formation ................... 316
Resources ........................................................................................ 324
Case Study
The Education of 'Umar al-S alih al-Barghuthi ..................... 342
Political Roles and Functions of the a'yan ............................... 356
Being Noble: Representation and Distinction .......................... 375
The Oligarchs and the Ottoman Government ......................... 392
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 395
Chapter Seven Central Elites ........................................................ 398
Ottoman Officials: Families, Households, and Careers .......... 400
Hamidian Governors and Their Perceptions of Palestine and the Palestinians ....... 405
Conclusion ...................................................................................... 426
PART IV
WIDENING THE SCOPE OF POLITICS
Chapter Eight The Infrastructure of the Public Sphere ........... 435
New Possibilities for Long-Distance Communication ............ 437
Education ........................................................................................ 454
Print Culture .................................................................................. 461
Old and New Forms of Sociability ............................................. 470
Chapter Nine Palestine as a Social Space ................................... 476
Chapter Ten Repercussions of Empire-Wide Developments and the Politicisation of Everyday Concerns .... 484
Chapter Eleven Government and Opposition in the Public Sphere ................................................. 496
Conclusion .......................................................................................... 510
Appendices .......................................................................................... 517
1. Chronology of Palestinian History, 1872-1908 .................. 517
2. Ottoman Administrators ........................................................ 543
3. Budgets and Tax Revenue ...................................................... 557
4. Currencies, Prices and Salaries .............................................. 563
Glossary ............................................................................................... 565
Bibliography ........................................................................................ 569
Index .................................................................................................... 597
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