Men of Modest Substance - House Owners House Property in Seventeenth Century Ankara Kayseri

Zusammenfassung This study of two contrasting towns in Anatolia focuses on their domestic environment. Through her use of documents from the kadi registers of Ankara and Kayseri! Dr Faroqui follows changes in patterns of house ownership over approximately a century. The urban society thus revealed differs from the patterns generally associated with the 'Islamic city' model. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables; Graphs; Illustrations; Figures; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Setting the scene: two cities of central Anatolia; 2. The physical shape of urban houses; 3. The cost of buying a house; 4. Urban property-owners; 5. The difficulties of an urban property-owner; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Suraiya Faroqhi, Faroqhi Suraiya
• Assisted by: David Morgan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521522557
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52255-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories