The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt - The Rise of the Qazdaglis (Hardcover, New)

In a lucidly argued revisionist study of Ottoman Egypt, first published in 1996, Jane Hathaway challenges the traditional view that Egypt's military elite constituted a revival of the institutions of the Mamluk sultanate. The author contends that the framework within which this elite operated was the household, a conglomerate of patron-client ties that took various forms. In this respect, she argues, Egypt's elite represented a provincial variation on an empire-wide, household-based political culture. The study focuses on the Qazdagli household. Originally, a largely Anatolian contingent within Egypt's Janissary regiment, the Qazdaglis dominated Egypt by the late eighteenth century. Using Turkish and Arabic archival sources, Jane Hathaway sheds light on the manner in which the Qazdaglis exploited the Janissary rank hierarchy, while forming strategic alliances through marriage, commercial partnerships and the patronage of palace eunuchs.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	1997
Authors:	Jane Hathaway
Dimensions:	237 x 160 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-57110-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-521-57110-3
Barcode:	9780521571104

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