Women's economic activity in Ottoman Cairo: a documentary study in light of Sharia court records (1517 - 1798 AD)

Name: Women's economic activity in Ottoman Cairo: a documentary study in light of Sharia court records (1517 - 1798 AD)
Author: Famous, Hamed Abdel Hamid Mohamed Hassanein

Title	Women's economic activity in Ottoman Cairo: a documentary study in light of Sharia court records (1517 - 1798 AD)
Author	Famous, Hamed Abdel Hamid Mohamed Hassanein
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2536-9504
Record ID	cdi_almandumah_primary_883598
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	The study aimed to identify women's economic activity in Ottoman Cairo: a documentary study in light of Sharia court records (1517-1798 AD). The study showed that there are many motives that push women to work, and these motives are represented by internal and external motives. The internal motives are represented by the sense of responsibility towards oneself, the family, and society, and the rejection of loneliness, especially divorced or unmarried women, in pursuit of security and comfort, and achieving personal benefit for themselves and their family. As for the external motives, they are represented in helping the family financially, especially in the event of the death of the husband. Among the motives for women’s work is also divorce, which led to the necessity of many divorced women to enter the labor market in search of economic security. The study was divided into three points, the first of which was commercial work, and included “women’s activity in agencies (markets), women as indicators of markets, and women’s resort to loans.” The second included women and multiple industries, and included “spinning, weaving, and grain grinding.” The third referred to women and service crafts, and included “raising birds, and supervising endowments and shrines. The fourth showed women’s work between the positives and negatives. The study concluded by emphasizing the importance of the effective economic role that Cairene women played in all activities, as they effectively contributed to all economic transactions from buying and selling to various commercial activities. They would sell by themselves and for themselves or to others. This extract was written by Dar Al-Mandumah 2018
Görüntüle	Majallat buḥūth al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ fī al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah wa-al-adabīyah, 2018 (44), p.100-134

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Women's economic activity in Ottoman Cairo: a documentary study in light of Sharia court records (1517 - 1798 AD)

Author Famous, Hamed Abdel Hamid Mohamed Hassanein

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2536-9504

Record ID cdi_almandumah_primary_883598

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes The study aimed to identify women's economic activity in Ottoman Cairo: a documentary study in light of Sharia court records (1517-1798 AD). The study showed that there are many motives that push women to work, and these motives are represented by internal and external motives. The internal motives are represented by the sense of responsibility towards oneself, the family, and society, and the rejection of loneliness, especially divorced or unmarried women, in pursuit of security and comfort, and achieving personal benefit for themselves and their family. As for the external motives, they are represented in helping the family financially, especially in the event of the death of the husband. Among the motives for women’s work is also divorce, which led to the necessity of many divorced women to enter the labor market in search of economic security. The study was divided into three points, the first of which was commercial work, and included “women’s activity in agencies (markets), women as indicators of markets, and women’s resort to loans.” The second included women and multiple industries, and included “spinning, weaving, and grain grinding.” The third referred to women and service crafts, and included “raising birds, and supervising endowments and shrines. The fourth showed women’s work between the positives and negatives. The study concluded by emphasizing the importance of the effective economic role that Cairene women played in all activities, as they effectively contributed to all economic transactions from buying and selling to various commercial activities. They would sell by themselves and for themselves or to others. This extract was written by Dar Al-Mandumah 2018

Görüntüle Majallat buḥūth al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ fī al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah wa-al-adabīyah, 2018 (44), p.100-134