The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt

The Rise of the Qazdaglis

By:

Jane Hathaway

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

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In a lucidly argued revisionist study of Ottoman Egypt, Jane Hathaway challenges the traditional view that Egypt's military elite constituted a revival of the institutions of the Mamluk sultanate. The author contends that the framework within which this elite operated was the household, a conglomerate of patron-client ties that took various forms. In this respect, she argues, Egypt's elite represented a provincial variation on an empire-wide, household-based political culture. The study focuses on the Qazdagli household. Originally, a largely Anatolian contingent within Egypt's Janissary regiment, the Qazdaglis dominated Egypt by the late eighteenth century. Using Turkish and Arabic archival sources, Jane Hathaway sheds light on the manner in which the Qazdaglis exploited the Janissary rank hierarchy, while forming strategic alliances through marriage, commercial partnerships and the patronage of palace eunuchs.

Release date NZ

April 4th, 2002

Author

Jane Hathaway

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

10 Tables, unspecified; 4 Maps

Pages

220

Series

Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization

Dimensions

156x229x17

ISBN-13

9780521892940

Product ID

1968711

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