Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire: State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis

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Dr. Necati Alkan (University of Bamberg, Germany)

Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire

State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis

Dr. Necati Alkan (University of Bamberg, Germany)

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English

I.B. Tauris
24 August 2023

Middle Eastern history; Christian mission & evangelism; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Islamic studies

The Alawis or Alawites are a minority Muslim sect, predominantly based in Syria, Turkey and Lebanon. Over the course of the 19th century, they came increasingly under the attention of the ruling Ottoman authorities in their attempts to modernize the Empire, as well as Western Protestant missionaries.

Using Ottoman state archives and contemporary chronicles, this book explores the Ottoman government's attitudes and policies towards the Alawis, revealing how successive regimes sought to bring them into the Sunni mainstream fold for a combination of political, imperial and religious reasons. In the context of increasing Western interference in the empire's domains, Alkan reveals the origins of Ottoman attempts to 'civilize' the Alawis, from the Tanzimat period to the Young Turk Revolution. He compares Ottoman attitudes to Alawis against its treatment of other minorities, including Bektashis, Alevis, Yezidis and Iraqi Shi'a.

An important new contribution to the literature on the history of the Alawis and Ottoman policy towards minorities, this book will be essential reading for scholars of the late Ottoman Empire and minorities of the Middle East.

By: Dr. Necati Alkan (University of Bamberg Germany)
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780755644742
ISBN 10: 0755644743
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 24 August 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Necati Alkan is Research Associate at the University of Bamberg, Germany. A specialist in late Ottoman History, he is the author of Dissent and Heterodoxy in the late Ottoman Empire: Reformers, Babis and Baha’is and has published widely in edited collections and peer review journals.

Reviews for Non-Sunni Muslims in the Late Ottoman Empire: State and Missionary Perceptions of the Alawis

Alkan’s study is highly recommended to everyone who seeks a more profound and nuanced understanding of late Ottoman history and the Ottoman Empire’s handling of ethno-religious diversity. It provides new and illuminating insights into the impact that Protestant missionary activities had on Middle Eastern social history and into the dynamics reshaping the Alawi community during the nineteenth century. By analysing hitherto understudied Ottoman archival material, he places the Alawis in broader geopolitical developments and thus contributes to a better understanding of the community’s modern history. -- Katrin Köster, Leipzig University, Germany * Connections *