The Shiites of Lebanon under Ottoman Rule, 1516–1788

By:

Stefan Winter

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

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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.

Author Biography:

Stefan Winter is Professeur Regulier at the Universite du Quebec ... Montreal (UQAM). His previous publications have included a number of articles for various journals including Oriente Moderno and the Journal of Near Eastern Studies.

Release date Australia

March 11th, 2010

Author

Stefan Winter

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

218

Series

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Dimensions

158x235x17

ISBN-13

9780521765848

Product ID

3945690

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