Author
Al-Khasawneh, Asmaa Jadallah Abd
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1996-9546
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_820438
Library Location
EBSCOhost Academic Search Complete
Notes
This study reveals the financial allocations sent by the Ottoman Empire in 1137 AH/1724 to the people of the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, which is what is known as the Royal or Roman Surrah, according to the Surrah Book No. 219, “a photocopy of it on microfilm kept in the Center for Documents, Manuscripts and Studies of the Levant at the University of Jordan, and it is what we relied on in the study.” The names contained in the notebook were divided into four sections, which included sixty-seven groups, each of which included a number of names assigned to shares of the sack, each name within its category, starting with those close to the Sultan, the preachers of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the imams of the Holy Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and ending with the bakers, millers, and servants in Al-Quds Al-Sharif, in addition to the shares of workers and those responsible for serving the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron. The scientific value and importance of the Surra notebooks lies in the fact that they contain important demographic information and cultural aspects related to the economic and social aspects of the people of Al-Quds Al-Sharif. For example, the names of groups are mentioned, some of which are attributed to religious and educational functions, some to professions, and others are attributed to one of the city’s shops, schools, corners, or bands in it. They also contain names of sultans, senior notables, sheikhs of Sufi orders, endowments, and so on. The groups also included hundreds of names from the Muslim residents of Al-Quds Al-Sharif who benefited from the royal basket, which shows the diversity and pluralism in the demographic and social fabric of the people of the Holy City. The reader of the residents’ surnames notices the multiplicity of the residents in origins and origins.
Görüntüle
Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology, 2016, Vol.10 (2,3), p.21-55
