UID:
almafu_9959229986502883
Format:
1 online resource (286 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-26820-3
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1-134-26821-1
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1-280-75086-3
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9786610750863
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0-203-00723-9
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History ; v.4
Content:
Egypt's history is interwoven with conflicts of Bedouin, governments and peasants, competing over same cultivated lands and of migrations of nomads from the deserts to the Nile Valley. Mehemet Ali's era represented the initial ending of the traditional tribalism, and the beginning of emergence of a semi-urban community, which became an integral part of the sedentarised population. Providing a new perspective on tribal life in Egypt under Mehemet Ali Pasha's rule, The Pasha's Bedouin examines the social and political aspects of the Bedouin during 1805-1848. By highlighting the comple
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Note on transliteration, dates and references; Introduction; Part I: Historical and social perspectives; 1 Tribal history in outline; 2 Tribal society and the tribal elite: Approaches and concepts; 3 Territoriality and identity; 4 The economic world of the Egyptian bedouin; 5 A trinity of competition and cooperation: 'Mamluks', bedouin and fellahin in the Egyptian society; Part II: Governing the state; 6 Tribe and state in Egypt: Coexistence in conflict; 7 Office-holders; 8 Military service: The Pasha's bedouin; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
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General indexIndex of names and tribal groupings
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-59504-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-35036-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203007235
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