Stefan Winter

The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new perspective on the previously ignored history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9780521765848
• ISBN-10: 0521765846
• Artikelnr.: 28522530

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Shiism in the Ottoman empire: between confessional ambiguity and administrative pragmatism; 2. The invention of Lebanon: Ottoman governance in the coastal highlands, 1568
1636; 3. Mount Lebanon under Shiite rule: the Hamada 'Emirate,' 1641
85; 4. The reshaping of authority: the Shiites and the state in crisis, 1685
99; 5. Jabal 'Amil in the Ottoman period: the origins of 'South Lebanon', 1666
1781; 6. From dependence to redundancy: the decline of Shiite rule in Tripoli and the Bekaa, 1699
1788; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.