Main entry:

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris.

Title & Author:

Egypt's adjustment to Ottoman rule : institutions, waqf and architecture in Cairo, 16th and 17th centuries / by Doris Behrens-Abouseif.

Publication:

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1994.

Description:

xiii, 311 pages, 33 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts, 0929-2403 ; v. 7

Notes:
1 folded map.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-300) and index.
I. Introduction -- II. From Mamluk Sultans to Ottoman Pashas. A. Mamluk-Ottoman Contacts. B. The Conquest. C. The Revolt of Ahmad Pasha. D. The Qanun Nama of Egypt. E. Mahmud Pasha's Assassination, the Soldiers' Revolts and the Campaign of Muhammad Pasha Qul Qiran -- III. The Ottoman Administration. A. The Pasha. B. The Diwan. C. The Notables -- IV. The Legal System. A. The Qadi. B. The Mufti -- V. The Religious Establishment. A. The Institution of al-Azhar. B. The Sufis -- VI. The Military Aristocracy. A. The Elements of the Military Aristocracy. B. The Fiqari and Qasimi Factions. C. The Amir al-Hajj -- VII. Ottomans and Egyptians View Each Other -- VIII. The Waqf under Ottoman Rule. A. The Waqfs in Practice. B. The Foundations of the Pashas. C. Neighborhood Waqfs -- IX. Some Important Foundation Documents -- X. The Impact of the Ottoman Conquest on Cairo and its Architecture. A. General Review. B. Mosques with a Mamluk Plan. C. Mosques with an Ottoman Plan.
D. Mosques with a Baldachin Plan (Mosque of Iskandar Pasha, Sidi Madyan, Abu Bakr Ibn Muzhir, Murad Pasha, Amir Taghribirdi, Mustafa Shurbaji Mirza, Alti Parmak, Masih Pasha, Mosque-Mausoleum of Mahmud Pasha). E. Funerary Architecture -- Appendix A. Buildings erected by Amirs and other Officials as Charitable or Religious Endowments -- Appendix B. Buildings erected by Aghas of the Porte (Dar al-Saada).

Summary:

Egypt's Adjustment to Ottoman Rule deals with the impact of the Ottoman conquest of Egypt on its political, religious and social institutions, their transition from the Mamluk to the Ottoman regime and further development up to the 17th century.
The relationship between the Ottoman ruling establishment, the local religious groups and the military aristocracy is discussed in the first part of the volume. Waqf documents are a major source for this study which, in the second part, analyzes and compares the endowments of the Ottoman governors and those of the military aristocracy and their respective impact on the urban development and architecture of Cairo in this period. The architecture is documented with 70 photographs and figures.
By integrating architecture and urbanism in the historical analysis of the period under study, this book is an important acquisition for historians and art historians of Egypt.

ISBN:

9004099271 (alk. paper)
9789004099272 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Waqf Egypt History.
Mosques Egypt Cairo History.
Waqf Égypte Histoire.
Mosques.
Waqf.
Besatzungspolitik
Moschee
Waḳf
Wakf.
Bouwkunst.
Architecture, Ottoman Egypt Cairo.
Egypt History 1517-1882.
Égypte Histoire 1517-1882.
Egypt.
Egypt Cairo.
Kairo
Osmanisches Reich
Ägypten

Form/genre:

History.
Hochschulschrift.

Added entries:

Islamic history and civilization ; v. 7.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239635
Call No.: NA4670 .B46 1994
Status: Available