The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule, 1516–1788The 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. |
Contents
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
Ottoman governance in the coastal highlands 15681636 | 31 |
the Hamada emirate 16411685 | 58 |
the Shiites and the state in crisis 16851699 | 88 |
the origins of south Lebanon 16661781 | 117 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abu-Husayn administrative AE B/I Ahmad Ma‘n Ahmed Akkar al-Amin al-Saghirs al-Shi‘a Aleppo Anatolia Baalbek Batrun Beirut Bekaa Valley Bishara brigands campaign Cezzar Christian confessional Damascus district documents Druze emirate Duwayhi eighteenth century eyalet Fakhr al-Din feudal fols French governor of Damascus governor of Tripoli Hamadas Harfush emirs Harfushes Hasan Hawadith Haydar historians Husayn iltizam imperial Iran Islamic Ismail Istanbul Jabal Amil Janissary Jubayl Khazins killed Kisrawan Kızılbaş later Lebanese Liban Lubnan Ma'n Mamluk Maronite Mehmed mountain Mt Lebanon Muhammad Mühimme mukataa Muslim Nasif notables Osmanlı Ottoman authorities Ottoman Empire Ottoman rule Paşa political provincial Rafizi region religious Rukayni Safad Safavid Salibi sancak Sayfas scholars seventeenth century Seyde Shaqif shaykh Shihabi emirs Shiism Shiite Shuf Sidon Sirhan sixteenth century Stefan Winter Sublime Porte Sultan Sunni Syria Tarikh al-Rahbaniyya tax farmers tax farms tribal Tripoli Turkmen Twelver Shiite vali villages Yusuf Zahir