Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials: Rural Administration Around Sixteenth-Century JerusalemA unique study of rural administration in the Ottoman Empire that explores the relationship between Palestinian peasants and Ottoman provincial officials around Jerusalem in the mid-sixteenth century. |
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Contents
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Images of authority | 122 |
Illusions of power | 124 |
Peasants and the Empire | 127 |
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The Sortcharts | 137 |
Village leaders notables and elders | 154 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials: Rural Administration Around Sixteenth-Century Jerusalem Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Author | Amy Singer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0521476798, 9780521476799 |
| Length | 201 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / General History / Medieval History / Middle East / General History / Modern / General Political Science / History & Theory |
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