An Empty Land? Nomads and Property Administration in Hamidian Syria
[Thesis]
Nora Elizabeth Barakat
Doumani, Beshara; Vernon, James
University of California, Berkeley
2015
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Committee members: McLennan, Rebecca M.; Tugal, Cihan Z.
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-01340-4
Ph.D.
History
University of California, Berkeley
2015
This dissertation explores the development of modern property administration and governance in the Ottoman Empire from the perspective of pastoral nomads. Utilizing both central state archival material and district court and land registers, the study combines analysis of governance, administration and the development of modern private property regimes with a social history of pastoral nomadic groups during the Hamidian period (1876-1909). The research employs a case study of the district of Salt in the southern half of the Ottoman province of Syria (contemporary Jordan) to advance three main arguments.
Cultural anthropology; Middle Eastern history; Sociology
Social sciences;Bedouin;Governance;Nomad;Ottoman;Property;Syria