Ohio State nav bar

The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt

The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt

Hathaway, Jane

In a lucidly argued revisionist study of military society in Ottoman Egypt, Jane Hathaway contends that the basic framework within which this elite operated was the household, a conglomerate of patron-client ties. Using Turkish and Arabic archival sources, the author focuses on the Qazdagli household, a military group that came to dominate Egypt. This pioneering study will have a major impact on the understanding of Egyptian history, and will be essential reading for scholars in the field, and for premodern historians generally.

 


Investigators

Jane Hathaway, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Filters: 2002