Sacred Law in the Holy City : The Khedival Challenge to the Ottomans as seen from Jerusalem, 1829-1841 /

The Muslim community's political and socio-economic role in Jerusalem under Ottoman administration during the 1830s is analyzed in this volume from a natural law perspective. A bitter political contest between Sultan Mahmud II and Muhammad Ali Pasha resulted in the military occupation of Syria...

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Main Author: Rood, Judith Mendelsohn (Author)

Format: eBook

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2004.

Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage ; 32.

Subjects:

Law > Jerusalem > History > 19th century.

Politics and government.

International relations.

Egypt > Relations > Turkey.

Palestine > Politics and government > 19th century.