Author
Sateh, Abdul Qader Mustafa
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 1026-9576, EISSN: 2959-9830, DOI: 10.34120/ajh.v40i158.2981
Record ID
cdi_crossref_primary_10_34120_ajh_v40i158_2981
Library Location
Humanities international complete
Notes
The year (1516 AD) witnessed the entry of the southern region of the Levant (the provinces of Safed, Jerusalem, and Gaza) under Ottoman rule, beginning a new era in the history of this country that extended for the next four centuries. During the Ottoman campaign against Egypt, Sultan Selim I had passed through this region and then departed from the path of his campaign. To visit the city of Jerusalem; Which raises questions about how this region was transferred from Mamluk sovereignty to Ottoman sovereignty, the new administrative divisions that accompanied it, and the messages that Sultan Selim’s visit to Jerusalem carried with it. The study - based on the sources whose narrators accompanied Sultan Selim, written in the Ottoman and Persian languages, in addition to local Arabic sources - attempts to shed light on the transition of the southern region of the Levant, from Mamluk sovereignty to Ottoman sovereignty, and the changes in the administrative divisions that accompanied this transition. It follows the passage of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I through the region and his visit to the city of Jerusalem, and attempts to explain the messages that that visit carried within it. The study followed the historical approach, by collecting information from its sources, extracting it from the lines, classifying it, comparing it, analyzing it, controlling it, and formulating it in its final form. The study concluded that the Mamluks tried to retain the southern region of the Levant; Because of its strategic and religious importance, their attempts were not successful in the face of the Ottomans’ insistence on annexing the region, as demonstrated by the changes made by the Ottomans in the administrative structure of the region, which would have led to the drawing of the borders of a state that included the southern regions of the Levant in an administrative unit with Jerusalem as its capital. But it was not destined to last forever, and it highlighted the messages that Sultan Selim’s visit to Jerusalem carried - within it - in terms of the Ottoman Empire’s right to lead the Islamic world from the moment its Sultan entered Al-Aqsa Mosque. The study recommends the necessity of combining sources in various languages and forms to clarify the images of the events that took place and close the historical gaps left by unilateral reliance on certain sources and neglect of other sources.
Görüntüle
al-Majallah al-ʻArabīyah lil-ʻulūm al-insānīyah, 2022-04, Vol.40 (158), p.125-155
