Sacred Law in the Holy City : The Khedival Challenge to the Ottomans as seen from Jerusalem, 1829-1841 /

Name: Sacred Law in the Holy City : The Khedival Challenge to the Ottomans as seen from Jerusalem, 1829-1841 /
Author: Rood, Judith Mendelsohn(Author)

Title	Sacred Law in the Holy City : The Khedival Challenge to the Ottomans as seen from Jerusalem, 1829-1841 /
Author	Rood, Judith Mendelsohn(Author)
Publication Date:	2004
Publication Place	Leiden; Boston - BRILL
Subject	Law > Jerusalem > History > 19th century. \| Politics and government. \| International relations. \| Egypt > Relations > Turkey. \| Palestine > Politics and government > 19th century. \| Turkey > Relations > Egypt. \| Ottoman law
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID	Unknown
Record ID	39874
Library Location	ARCE Library
Date	2004
Notes	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1993. \| Includes bibliographical references and index. \| The Muslim community's political and socio-economic role in Jerusalem under Ottoman administration during the 1830s is analyzed in this volume from a natural law perspective. A bitter political contest between Sultan Mahmud II and Muhammad Ali Pasha resulted in the military occupation of Syria and imposition of a brutal new political and legal regime which crushed the indigenous elites of southern Syria. Through a careful analysis of the archives of the Islamic law court of Jerusalem, the study offers a fresh appraisal of how the Ottoman Empire ruled Jerusalem and considers the Muslim response, elucidating the reasons for the breakdown of their relations with non-Muslim Ottoman subjects and differentiating the Ottoman understanding of law and government from that of their enemies, the Wahhabis.
Sample Text	The Muslim community's political and socio-economic role in Jerusalem under Ottoman administration during the 1830s is analyzed in this volume from a natural law perspective. A bitter political contest between Sultan Mahmud II and Muhammad Ali Pasha resulted in the military occupation of Syria and imposition of a brutal new political and legal regime which crushed the indigenous elites of southern Syria. Through a careful analysis of the archives of the Islamic law court of Jerusalem, the study offers a fresh appraisal of how the Ottoman Empire ruled Jerusalem and considers the Muslim response, elucidating the reasons for the breakdown of their relations with non-Muslim Ottoman subjects and differentiating the Ottoman understanding of law and government from that of their enemies, the Wahhabis.
Seri	The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage ;32.

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Sacred Law in the Holy City : The Khedival Challenge to the Ottomans as seen from Jerusalem, 1829-1841 /

Author Rood, Judith Mendelsohn(Author)

Publication Date 2004

Publication Place Leiden; Boston - BRILL

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE

Library Asset ID Unknown

Record ID 39874

Library Location ARCE Library

Date 2004

Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1993. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | The Muslim community's political and socio-economic role in Jerusalem under Ottoman administration during the 1830s is analyzed in this volume from a natural law perspective. A bitter political contest between Sultan Mahmud II and Muhammad Ali Pasha resulted in the military occupation of Syria and imposition of a brutal new political and legal regime which crushed the indigenous elites of southern Syria. Through a careful analysis of the archives of the Islamic law court of Jerusalem, the study offers a fresh appraisal of how the Ottoman Empire ruled Jerusalem and considers the Muslim response, elucidating the reasons for the breakdown of their relations with non-Muslim Ottoman subjects and differentiating the Ottoman understanding of law and government from that of their enemies, the Wahhabis.

Sample Text The Muslim community's political and socio-economic role in Jerusalem under Ottoman administration during the 1830s is analyzed in this volume from a natural law perspective. A bitter political contest between Sultan Mahmud II and Muhammad Ali Pasha resulted in the military occupation of Syria and imposition of a brutal new political and legal regime which crushed the indigenous elites of southern Syria. Through a careful analysis of the archives of the Islamic law court of Jerusalem, the study offers a fresh appraisal of how the Ottoman Empire ruled Jerusalem and considers the Muslim response, elucidating the reasons for the breakdown of their relations with non-Muslim Ottoman subjects and differentiating the Ottoman understanding of law and government from that of their enemies, the Wahhabis.

Seri The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage ;32.