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Incorporating the periphery : = The Ottoman extension of direct rule over southeastern Syria (Transjordan), 1867--1914.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Incorporating the periphery :/
Reminder of title:	The Ottoman extension of direct rule over southeastern Syria (Transjordan), 1867--1914.
Author:	Rogan, Eugene Lawrence.
Description:	1 online resource (400 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 53-04, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International53-04A.
Subject:	Middle Eastern history. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9132027click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798641960708

Incorporating the periphery : = The Ottoman extension of direct rule over southeastern Syria (Transjordan), 1867--1914.
Rogan, Eugene Lawrence.

Incorporating the periphery :The Ottoman extension of direct rule over southeastern Syria (Transjordan), 1867--1914. - 1 online resource (400 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 53-04, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references

In the second half of the nineteenth century, the Ottoman provincial government in Damascus sought to broaden its tax base by extending its authority over peripheral regions where, after centuries of neglect, Ottoman rule had lapsed. Southeastern Syria, which corresponds to the western half of the modern state of Jordan, was such a frontier. Though it comprised fertile agricultural lands, southeastern Syria straddled a contact zone between the desert and cultivated lands which, in the absence of direct Ottoman rule, progressively had fallen under the influence of the more powerful tribes of the region. This study focuses on the town and district of al-Salt. Ottoman measures to recuperate this frontier district met with noteworthy success. With the advent of direct rule there in 1867, bureaucrats and soldiers were posted to assure security and initiate regular taxation. The state then adopted a settlement policy to tip the demographic balance in favor of sedentary life. These measures encouraged economic activity, most of which was based on the exploitation of land. As the beduin were traditionally the district's largest landholders, they stood to profit only through cooperation with the Ottomans; opposition jeopardized beduin lands, which were expropriated for noncultivation and redistributed by the state. The state of security and economic regeneration of the district of al-Salt in turn attracted the investment of urban merchants from neighboring cities, principally Nablus, Jerusalem and Damascus. Urban merchant capital penetrated the local economy through commerce, moneylending and land purchase. It is argued that both forms of incorporation, administrative and economic, were essential for the closure of a frontier district and its submission to the Ottoman rule of law. This was achieved in the northern district of 'Ajlun and most of the district of al-Salt. However, as demonstrated by a sanguinary revolt which broke out in al-Karak in 1910 as a consequence of government initiatives, there were limits to effective Ottoman authority by the end of the period surveyed.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798641960708Subjects--Topical Terms:

3168386
Middle Eastern history.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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