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The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman rule, 1516-1788 /
The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides an original perspective on the history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society. Winter presents a history of the community before the 19th century, based primarily on Ottoman Turkish documents. From these, he examines how local Shiites w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Shiism in the Ottoman Empire: between confessional ambiguity and administrative pragmatism. Shiism in Turkish history ; The Ottoman emirate, the Janissaries and Bektasi Sufism ; The Kizilbas challenge ; Ebu's-Suud: the formation of a persecuting society? ; Shiism in Ottoman thought ; The Shiites of Jabal 'Amil and the clerical migration to Iran ; The Shiite holy places in Iraq ; Urban Shiism and the ashraf ; Conclusion: what ideology?
- 2. The invention of Lebanon: Ottoman governance in the coastal highlands, 1568-1636. The 'classical system' of rule ; Ottoman sovereignty in Syria ; Emir titles and iltizam tax farming ; Shiism in the Bekaa Valley ; The Harfush emirs of Baalbek ; The nexus between imperial and local interests ; The contest with Fakhr al-Din ibn Ma'n ; Conclusion: what emirate?
- 3. Mount Lebanon under Shiite rule: the Hamada emirate', 1641-1685. Shiite tribalism in Mt Lebanon ; Ottoman tax regimes in Tripoli ; The rise of the Hamadas ; The narrative of Shiite tyranny ; The Koprulu era ; The Hamadas' iltizam commissions ; The Hamadas in court ; Conclusion: the fragile consensus
- 4. The reshaping of authority: the Shiites and the state in crisis, 1685-1699. The Shiite rebellion ; The Khazins and the Maronite 'recolonization' of the Kisrawan ; The expansion of the Druze emirate ; The imperial punitive campaign ; Changing paradigms of provincial administration ; Shiism and Ottoman tribal control ; Conclusion: a new era?
- 5. Jabal Amil in the Ottoman period: the origins of 'south Lebanon', 1666-1781. Sidon and Safad under Ottoman rule ; Shiism in Jabal Amil ; Retreat in the northern mukataas ; The Ali al-Saghirs of the Bilad Bishara ; The struggle against Shihabi hegemony ; Nasif Nassar and Zahir al-Umar ; The forging of Lebanese history ; Cezzar and the Shiites ; Conclusion: a golden age?
- 6. From dependence to redundancy: the decline of Shiite rule in Tripoli and the Bekaa, 1699-1788. The Voyvodalik of the Bekaa ; The 'Kizilbas Mukataa' of Mt Lebanon ; The Hamadas and the Maronite Church ; The Lebanese Order ; The inversion of power ; The Shihabi emirate's Shiite subsidiary in Baalbek ; The 'national uprising' ; The Shiites under Shihabi rule ; Conclusion: the logic of Lebanon
- Conclusion. The triumph of Lebanism.