State and Provincial Society in the Ottoman Empire - Mosul, 1540-1834

Klappentext An interpretation of relations between the central Ottoman Empire and provincial Iraqi society in the early modern period. Zusammenfassung Spanning three centuries of Ottoman history! this book offers an interpretation of relations between the central Ottoman Empire and provincial Iraqi society in the early modern period. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The making of a regional economy; 3. War and provincial society; 4. When Osmalis ate the crumbs and left the bread behind: tax farming and provincial society; 5. Between Khassa and 'Amma: elites and commoners in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Mosul; 6. The language of politics: views on sultans, corruption, and land taxes; 7. The practice of politics; 8. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Dina Rizk Khoury, Dina Rizk (George Washington University Khoury
• Assisted by: David Morgan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521894302
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89430-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous