The District of Jerusalem in the Mid-Ottoman Period: Administration and Society, from the Mid-18th Century to the Campaign of Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1931
Author: 
Publisher: 
Institute for Palestine Studies
Publication Year: 
2008
Language: 
Arabic
Number of Pages: 
428
Keywords: 
القيس
اليمن
الحملة الفرنسية
كنيسة القيامة
الانكشارية
سليمان باشا العادل
عبد الله باشا
الحسيني
الخالدي
الحملة المصرية
ولاة الشام
المتسلم
الوالي
الخليل
ضريبة الميري
الجزية
الدزدار
القلعة
عكا
الازهر
الشام
السباهية
الميرالاي
المحاكم الشرعية
قاضي القدس
الجوخدار
الجوقدار
المفتي
نقيب الاشراف
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Abstract

 This is a new compelling historical reading of the Ottoman administration and the local society in the district of Jerusalem in the early 19th century (1799-1831). That period had witnessed significant events, starting with the French Expedition of Napoleon Bonaparte from Egypt to Palestine in 1799 and ending with the expedition of Ibrahim Pasha, son of the governor of Egypt Muhammad Ali. This study sheds light on the structure of the society in Jerusalem and its surroundings, on the relationship of the local elites with the central Ottoman administration and the critical role of those elites in the local administration. The role of the Arab population in self-government during that period has called for the term self-government for the people, especially in the mountainous regions such as the districts of Nablus, Jerusalem, and Hebron. Originally, this book is a Ph.D. thesis submitted at the Hebrew University in 1986. It was translated and re-written for publication in Arabic.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Adel Manna is a historian who specializes in the history of Palestine. He is the author and editor of several books on Ottoman Palestinian history published in Arabic in Beirut including The Palestinians in the Twentieth Century: A View from Within and Society and Administration in Jerusalem during the Middle Ottoman Period.