The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1788 (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) - Softcover

Winter, Stefan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107411432 ISBN 13: 9781107411432

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule provides a perspective on the previously ignored history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society, calling into question the historic place within 'Lebanon' of what has today become the country's largest and most activist sectarian community.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1107411432
• ISBN 13: 9781107411432
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220