The great cities of the Middle East and North Africa have long
attracted the attention and interest of historians. With the
discovery and wider use over the last few decades of the Islamic
court records and Ottoman administrative documents, our knowledge
of Middle Eastern cities between the seventeenth and early
twentieth centuries has vastly expanded. Drawing upon a treasure
trove of documents and using a variety of methodologies, the
contributors succeed in providing a significant overview of the
ways in which Middle Eastern cities can be studied, as well as an
excellent introduction to current literature in the field.Islam has
often been characterized as an 'urban religion'; recognizing
Islam's deep ties to civic matters and to the city itself, the
essays gathered here explore the interconnectedness between
religion and its geography. The authors effectively define and map
out urban social history in the Middle East from the eighteenth to
twentieth centuries, affording us a foundational volume that
enriches our understanding of society in the late Ottoman and
colonial periods.
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