Trade in fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era

Name: Trade in fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era
Author: Abu Al-Rous, Khaled Hamid Al-Sayed

Title	Trade in fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era
Author	Abu Al-Rous, Khaled Hamid Al-Sayed
Publication Place	Cairo, Egypt - Ain Shams University, Center for Middle East Research and Future Studies
Type	Book
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 2536-9504, EISSN: 2735-5233, DOI: 10.21608/mercj.2022.287235
Record ID	cdi_emarefa_primary_1470738
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	This research presents a very precise topic: It is the trade in fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era. This period is considered one of the most accurate and sensitive periods of history, given the quality of the source material on which the research relies in the first place. It is archival documentary material. This research relied on the calendar books of the customs offices, the treasury funds books, and the accounting district books. In addition to the governors and records of the various Sharia courts in Cairo and the regions. The research showed the different types of fish, and the most important industries based on them, such as salting, drying, or frying, which was considered the popular meal at that time. And the extent of the population’s interaction with this popular trade, whether internally through fish markets or fishermen’s circles and agencies. The research also touched on the foreign fish trade (exports-imports), the demand of the countries of the Ottoman Sultan, and the Berber countries (Tunisia-Algeria) for Egyptian fish, and the import of caviar from Europe and Asia, as well as elephant tooth and busir (fish poison) from the Arabian Peninsula and India. The Egyptian ports, “Escales,” played a prominent role, whether on the Red Sea or the Mediterranean, in terms of exports and imports, estimating various customs duties, and controlling them in the port’s books and records. This research was exposed to a very accurate topic, which is the trade of fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era, which is one of the most accurate and sensitive periods in history, given the quality of the source material on which the research depends in the first place, which is the archival documentary material. "customs" and the books of treasury funds and the books of the counties of calculation, beside the wallets and records of the various sharia courts in Cairo and the region. The study showed the different types of fish and the most important industries based on them, such as salting, drying or frying, which was the popular meal at the time, and the extent of the population’s interaction with that popular trade, whether internally through fish markets or fisheries circles and agencies. The research also touched on the foreign fish trade “exports-imports” and the demand of the Ottoman Sultan and Berber countries (Tunisia Algeria) for Egyptian fish, or the import of caviar from Europe and Asia, as well as sin el fil and al-Busir (fish poison) from the Arabian Peninsula and India. the Egyptian ports, “al-Iskalia” played a prominent role, on the red sea or the Mediterranean, at the level of exports and imports, and estimating the various customs duties and controlling them in the books and records of the ports.
Görüntüle	Majallat buḥūth al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ fī al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah wa-al-adabīyah, 2022, Vol.2022 (82), p.197-220

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Trade in fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era

Author Abu Al-Rous, Khaled Hamid Al-Sayed

Publication Place Cairo, Egypt - Ain Shams University, Center for Middle East Research and Future Studies

Type Book

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 2536-9504, EISSN: 2735-5233, DOI: 10.21608/mercj.2022.287235

Record ID cdi_emarefa_primary_1470738

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes This research presents a very precise topic: It is the trade in fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era. This period is considered one of the most accurate and sensitive periods of history, given the quality of the source material on which the research relies in the first place. It is archival documentary material. This research relied on the calendar books of the customs offices, the treasury funds books, and the accounting district books. In addition to the governors and records of the various Sharia courts in Cairo and the regions. The research showed the different types of fish, and the most important industries based on them, such as salting, drying, or frying, which was considered the popular meal at that time. And the extent of the population’s interaction with this popular trade, whether internally through fish markets or fishermen’s circles and agencies. The research also touched on the foreign fish trade (exports-imports), the demand of the countries of the Ottoman Sultan, and the Berber countries (Tunisia-Algeria) for Egyptian fish, and the import of caviar from Europe and Asia, as well as elephant tooth and busir (fish poison) from the Arabian Peninsula and India. The Egyptian ports, “Escales,” played a prominent role, whether on the Red Sea or the Mediterranean, in terms of exports and imports, estimating various customs duties, and controlling them in the port’s books and records. This research was exposed to a very accurate topic, which is the trade of fish and its accessories in Egypt in the Ottoman era, which is one of the most accurate and sensitive periods in history, given the quality of the source material on which the research depends in the first place, which is the archival documentary material. "customs" and the books of treasury funds and the books of the counties of calculation, beside the wallets and records of the various sharia courts in Cairo and the region. The study showed the different types of fish and the most important industries based on them, such as salting, drying or frying, which was the popular meal at the time, and the extent of the population’s interaction with that popular trade, whether internally through fish markets or fisheries circles and agencies. The research also touched on the foreign fish trade “exports-imports” and the demand of the Ottoman Sultan and Berber countries (Tunisia Algeria) for Egyptian fish, or the import of caviar from Europe and Asia, as well as sin el fil and al-Busir (fish poison) from the Arabian Peninsula and India. the Egyptian ports, “al-Iskalia” played a prominent role, on the red sea or the Mediterranean, at the level of exports and imports, and estimating the various customs duties and controlling them in the books and records of the ports.

Görüntüle Majallat buḥūth al-Sharq al-Awsaṭ fī al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah wa-al-adabīyah, 2022, Vol.2022 (82), p.197-220