| Sacred Law in the Holy City: The Khedival Challenge to the Ottomans as Seen from Jerusalem, 1829-1841 Contributor(s): Mendelsohn Rood, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004138102 ISBN-13: 9789004138100 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $155.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: The Muslim community's political and socio-economic role in Jerusalem under Ottoman administration during 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Social Science | Islamic Studies |
| Dewey: 349.569 |
| LCCN: 2004048562 |
| Series: Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.5" W x 9.42" (1.38 lbs) 262 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |