The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt: The Rise of the Qazdaglis

In a lucidly argued revisionist study of military society in Ottoman Egypt, Jane Hathaway contends that the basic framework within which this elite operated was the household, a conglomerate of patron-client ties. Using Turkish and Arabic archival sources, the author focuses on the Qazdagli household, a military group that came to dominate Egypt. This pioneering study will have a major impact on the understanding of Egyptian history, and will be essential reading for scholars in the field, and for premodern historians generally.

Author: Jane Hathaway
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/04/2002
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780521892940

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