Forging urban solidarities Ottoman Aleppo 1640-1700 / by Charles L. Wilkins.

Author/creator Wilkins, Charles L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden ; Boston : Brill,
Descriptionxvi, 323 p. ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Solidarity--Political aspects. --Syria. --Aleppo. --History. --17th century.
Solidarity--Economic aspects. --Syria. --Aleppo. --History. --17th century.
Taxation--Syria. --Aleppo. --History. --17th century.
Soldiers--Syria. --Aleppo. --History. --17th century.
Guilds--Syria. --Aleppo. --History. --17th century.
City and town life--Syria. --Aleppo. --History. --17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Politics and government. --17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Economic conditions. --17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Social conditions. --17th century.
Turkey--History. --Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.

SeriesThe Ottoman Empire and its heritage, 1380-6076 ; v. 41
Ottoman Empire and its heritage v. 41. ^A691309
Contents Extraordinary taxes ('avāriż) and local administration -- The 'avāriż tax regime and the conduct of tax surveys -- The mechanics of local tax administration : land use, personal liability, and apportionment -- The responsibilities and compensation of quarter tax officials -- A fiscal demography of Aleppo -- Urban responses to the imposition of extraordinary taxes -- The frequency and level of extraordinary tax levies -- Popular strategies for tax relief : tax exemption -- Other individual strategies for tax relief -- Collective action and mutual assistance -- Residential quarters and the question of "positive loyalties" -- Military units : elements of solidarity and division -- Survey of military cadres -- Residence patterns -- Compensation of troops -- Ocaḳlıḳ and the guards of the Kars Citadel -- Soldiers, market regulation, and moneylending -- Mobilization and unit solidarity -- The career of 'Alī b. Shabīb (d. ca. 1678) -- The episode of 'Alī Agha b. 'Abdullāh -- Limits on unit discipline and solidarity -- Solidarity and leadership in the guilds -- Guild self-government -- The leadership of the guilds : two case studies -- The butchers -- The Ḳaṣapbas̜i : compensation and social background -- The tanners -- The Akhī Bābā and Shaykh al-Sab'a -- A sketch of one Shaykh al-Sab'a : Sayyid Ibrāhīm b. Sayyid Rajab al-Ḥ'anbalī (d. 1678) -- The Shaykh al-Dabbāghīn and Naqīb al-Dabbāghīn -- Relations among guilds -- Guilds : patterns of autonomy and organizational fluidity.
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LCCN 2009030143
ISBN9789004169074 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9004169075 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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