Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period is a collection of essays on different aspects of the history of the Kurdish people in Syria under the Ottoman Empire, by specialists from Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Syria, Turkey, and the United States.
The book explores the junctures and crossings of Kurdish lives, Syrian geography in the broadest terms, and the Ottoman rule. The contributors draw on new research in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic, and a range of other archival and narrative sources to examine the history of Kurdish settlement in Syria, including Ottoman sedentarization policies, Kurdish notable families, trade, landowning, Kurdish-Bedouin relations, Kurdish-Ottoman civil servants, Sufism, and nineteenth-century state reforms. Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period traces a social, political, economic, and religious history across nearly 400 years.
Edited by:
Stéfan Winter,
Zainab HajHasan
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 159mm,
Spine: 37mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781487554408
ISBN 10: 1487554400
Series: New Landscapes in Middle East Studies
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 09 December 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Maps and Illustrations Abbreviations of Archival Collections Introduction Part One: Kurdish Origins and Territorialities in Diachronic Perspective 1. Nusaybin under the Ottomans Tom Sinclair 2. The Qizilbash Reconsidered: The Role of the Kurdish Arabgirlu Tribe in the Early Safavid State Mustafa Dehqan and Vural Genç 3. The ʿAfrin District under Ottoman Rule, 1516–1921 Stefan Winter Part Two: Kurds in Western and Urban Syria 4. Locating the Kurds in Ottoman Jordan and Palestine in the Sixteenth Century Zainab HajHasan 5. The Lebanese Junblats and the Canbolads: A Case of Mistaken Identity Abdul Rahim Abu-Husayn 6. Warlords and Landlords: The Kurdish Presence in Central Syria in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Dick Douwes Part Three: Kurdish Tribalism and Tribal Control in the Jazira 7. Waqf versus Miri Nomads: Taxation, Endowment, and Settlement Practices in Northern Syria in the Eighteenth Century Keiko Iwamoto 8. Bekir Bey and the Making of a Reşwan Kurd Nobility at Rumkale Muhsin Soyudoğan 9. The Berazi Tribe of Suruj and Their Rebellion in the Tanzimat Period Muhsin Seyda 10. The Reşwan in Central Anatolia: Tribal Settlement and Sheep Trade in the Nineteenth Century Yonca Köksal 11. Warfare and Alliances in Raʾs al-ʿAyn: Hamidiye Regiments, Bedouin Tribes, and Ottoman Governors, 1895–1905 Erdal Çiftçi Part Four: Syrian Kurdish Elites of the Late Ottoman Period 12. Kurdish Naqshbandi-Khalidi Sheikhs of Damascus in the Nineteenth Century Metin Atmaca 13. Alliances and Competition in Kurdish Networks in Late Ottoman Syria: The Example of the Bedirhani and Baban Families Barbara Henning 14. Between Ottomanism and Kurdism: Mehmed Salih Bedirhan and ʿAbd al-Rahman Yusuf in Damascus Martin Strohmeier Afterword Contributors Index
Stefan Winter is professor of history at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) and visiting professor at Koç University. Zainab HajHasan is a PhD candidate in history at Koç University and a language instructor at ANAMED (Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations) in Istanbul.
Reviews for Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period
""A generation ago, we knew little of Kurdish life in Ottoman Syria. This magnificent and lucidly written collection of essays gives indispensable and fascinating insight into the importance of Kurdish rural, nomadic, and urban life in Ottoman Syria. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in Arab Ottoman provinces, indicating avenues for further research.""--David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds ""Syrian-Kurdish Intersections in the Ottoman Period constitutes one of the most important contributions to the literature on the history of the Ottoman-Kurdish community published in the last decade. While in recent years there have been several important works on Ottoman Kurdish history, the majority of such studies have focused on Kurds residing in those territories that would become part of Turkey and Iraq in the post-Ottoman era. In this regard, the essays published in this new volume address a major lacuna in the field, highlighting the profound but understudied connections between the Kurds and the broader Ottoman-Syrian society.""--Djene R. Bajalan, Associate Professor of History, Missouri State University
