The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides an original perspective on the history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society. Winter presents a history of the community before the 19th century, based primarily on Ottoman Turkish documents. From these, he examines how local Shiites were well integrated in the Ottoman system of rule, and that Lebanon as an autonomous entity only developed in the course of the 18th century through the marginalization and then violent elimination of the indigenous Shiite leaderships by an increasingly powerful Druze-Maronite emirate. As such the book recovers the Ottoman-era history of a group which has always been neglected in chronicle-based works, and in doing so, fundamentally calls into question the historic place within 'Lebanon' of what has today become the country's largest and most activist sectarian community.
| ISBN: | 9780521765848 |
| Publication date: | 11th March 2010 |
| Author: | Stefan Winter |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 204 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization |
| Genres: |
Middle Eastern history |
The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides an original perspective on the history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society. Winter presents a history of the community before the 19th century, based primarily on Ottoman Turkish documents. From these, he examines how local Shiites were well integrated in the Ottoman system of rule, and that Lebanon as an autonomous entity only developed in the course of the 18th century through the marginalization and then violent elimination of the indigenous Shiite leaderships by an increasingly powerful Druze-Maronite emirate. As such the book recovers the Ottoman-era history of a group which has always been neglected in chronicle-based works, and in doing so, fundamentally calls into question the historic place within 'Lebanon' of what has today become the country's largest and most activist sectarian community.
The Shiites of Lebanon Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788 features in the following genres: Middle Eastern history, History and Archaeology
The Shiites of Lebanon Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788 is available in Hardback
The Shiites of Lebanon Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788 was written by Stefan Winter and published by Cambridge University Press
The Shiites of Lebanon Under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788 has 204 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series
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