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State and Provincial Society in the Ottoman Empire

State and Provincial Society in the Ottoman Empire Mosul, 1540-1834 - Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

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Publisher's Synopsis

Dina Rizk Khoury's book, which spans three centuries of Ottoman history, offers an interpretation of relations between the central Ottoman empire and the frontier city of Mosul during the early modern period. Basing her work on Ottoman and Iraqi archival sources, the author demonstrates that, contrary to the accepted view, the links between the central state and provincial social groups in fact grew stronger throughout the period. The development and expansion of the system of tax farms and entitlements, for example, bound the provincial service gentry, drawn from mercantile, military and bureaucratic provincial families, to the Ottoman state structure, notwithstanding the apparent weakening of administrative controls. This comparative and broad-ranging book will be of interest to Middle East historians and Ottomanists, as well as to those concerned with the process of state formation in the early modern period. Prizewinner - The British-Kuwait Friendship Society prize in Middle Eastern studies

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Book information

ISBN: 9780521894302
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 956.015
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 271
Weight: 436g
Height: 153mm
Width: 228mm
Spine width: 22mm