The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt

The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt

Author: Jane Hathaway

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-04-04

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780521892940

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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.


A Tale of Two Factions

A Tale of Two Factions

Author: Jane Hathaway

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0791486109

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Winner of the 2003 Ohio Academy of History Outstanding Publication Award This revisionist study reevaluates the origins and foundation myths of the Faqaris and Qasimis, two rival factions that divided Egyptian society during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Egypt was the largest province in the Ottoman Empire. In answer to the enduring mystery surrounding the factions' origins, Jane Hathaway places their emergence within the generalized crisis that the Ottoman Empire—like much of the rest of the world—suffered during the early modern period, while uncovering a symbiosis between Ottoman Egypt and Yemen that was critical to their formation. In addition, she scrutinizes the factions' foundation myths, deconstructing their tropes and symbols to reveal their connections to much older popular narratives. Drawing on parallels from a wide array of cultures, she demonstrates with striking originality how rituals such as storytelling and public processions, as well as identifying colors and emblems, could serve to reinforce factional identity.


The Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society

The Mamluks in Egyptian Politics and Society

Author: Thomas Philipp

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-02-12

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780521591157

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In this book, distinguished scholars provide an accessible introduction to the structure of political power under the Mamluks and its economic foundations.


Ottoman High Politics and the Ulema Household

Ottoman High Politics and the Ulema Household

Author: Michael Nizri

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-04-08

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1137326905

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In the 17th century, the elite household (kap?) became the focal point of Ottoman elite politics and socialization. It was a cultural melting pot, bringing together individuals of varied backgrounds through empire-wide patronage networks. This book investigates the layers of kap? power, through the example of ?eyhülislam Feyzullah Efendielite.


The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule

The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule

Author: Jane Hathaway

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-22

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 131787563X

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In this seminal study, Jane Hathaway presents a wide-ranging reassessment of the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq and Yemen - the first of its kind in over forty years. Challenging outmoded perceptions of this period as a demoralizing prelude to the rise of Arab nationalism and Arab nation-states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Hathaway depicts an era of immense social, cultural, economic and political change which helped to shape the foundations of today's modern Middle and Near East. Taking full advantage of a wide range of Arabic and Ottoman primary sources, she examines the changing fortunes of not only the political elite but also the broader population of merchants, shopkeepers, peasants, tribal populations, religious scholars, women, and ethnic and religious minorities who inhabited this diverse and volatile region. With masterly concision and clarity, Hathaway guides the reader through all the key current approaches to and debates surrounding Arab society during this period. This is far more than just another political history; it is a global study which offers an entirely new perspective on the era and region as a whole.


The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem

The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem

Author: Jane Hathaway

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-30

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1107108292

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A study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the sultan's harem in Istanbul under the Ottoman Empire.


Egyptian Society Under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1798

Egyptian Society Under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1798

Author: Michael Winter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1134975147

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First study to cover the whole of this period and focus on both social change and cultural/religious life The period is crucial to understanding modern Egyptian consciousness Author uses primary sources, not available anywhere else


Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt

Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt

Author: Febe Armanios

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-01-25

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 0199781273

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In this book, Febe Armanios explores Coptic religious life in Ottoman Egypt (1517-1798), focusing closely on manuscripts housed in Coptic archives. Ottoman Copts frequently turned to religious discourses, practices, and rituals as they dealt with various transformations in the first centuries of Ottoman rule. These included the establishment of a new political regime, changes within communal leadership structures (favoring lay leaders over clergy), the economic ascent of the archons (lay elites), and developments in the Copts' relationship with other religious communities, particularly with Catholics. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt highlights how Copts, as a minority living in a dominant Islamic culture, identified and distinguished themselves from other groups by turning to an impressive array of religious traditions, such as the visitation of saints' shrines, the relocation of major festivals to remote destinations, the development of new pilgrimage practices, as well as the writing of sermons that articulated a Coptic religious ethos in reaction to Catholic missionary discourses. Within this discussion of religious life, the Copts' relationship to local political rulers, military elites, the Muslim religious establishment, and to other non-Muslim communities are also elucidated. In all, the book aims to document the Coptic experience within the Ottoman Egyptian context while focusing on new documentary sources and on an historical era that has been long neglected.