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The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700

Cilt: 44 Sayı: 44 15 Nisan 2014
  • James A. Reilly *
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The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700

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Between 1688 and 1722 a resident of the unheralded Syrian provincial town of Homs recorded his impressions of life in the town and its surroundings. Muhammad al-Makki’s account offers glimpses of the worldview of an Ottoman subject who shared the Ottoman Empire’s politically dominant religion (Islam) yet who was firmly grounded in his provincial environment. This rare document from one of Syria’s smaller towns illustrates tension between a pre-modern Muslim universalism rooted in the symbolism of the Ottoman Sultanate, and local affiliations that were parochial and highly particularistic. This article discusses al-Makki’s understanding of himself and his world, his connection to local elites, his and their connections to wider networks within the Ottoman Empire, his sense of identity and his understandings of justice and oppression. The reader encounters local paramilitaries, urban notables, tribal communities, Christians, and Ottoman provincial administrators. Through alMakki, one also senses the precariousness of pre-modern life where little margin for error existed in the face of environmental conditions and the forces of nature. 

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  1. Bibliography Primary sources (published) Anon. [John Green], Journey from Aleppo to Damascus, London: W. Mears 1736. De La Rocque, Jean: Voyage de Syrie et du Mont-Liban, Beirut: Dar Lahad Khater 1981. al-Makkī, Muģammad,Tārīkh Ģimŝ,Damascus: Institut Français d’Etudes Arabes de Damas 1987. al-Nābulsī, ‘Abd al-Ghanī b. Ismā‘īl. al-Ģaqīqa wa-al-majāz fi al-riģla ilā Bilād al-Shām wa-Miŝr wa-al-Ģijāz, Cairo: al-Hay’a al-Miŝriyya al-‘Āmma li-al-Kitāb 1986. Secondary sources (published) Elisséef, N.: “Ģimŝ,” Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed., III (Leiden 1971), s./p. 397–403. Gillon, Jean-Yves, Les anciennes fêtes de printemps à Homs, Damascus: Institut Français de Damas,1993. al- Zahrāwī, Na‘īm Salīm: Usur Ģimŝ wa-amākin al-‘ibāda, Homs: Tanwir 1995.

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Araştırma Makalesi

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James A. Reilly * Bu kişi benim

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Nisan 2014

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Mayıs 2013

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Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2014 Cilt: 44 Sayı: 44

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APA
Reilly, J. A. (2014). The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700. Osmanlı Araştırmaları, 44(44), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.562137
AMA
1.Reilly JA. The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700. OA. 2014;44(44):341-356. doi:10.18589/oa.562137
Chicago
Reilly, James A. 2014. “The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700”. Osmanlı Araştırmaları 44 (44): 341-56. https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.562137.
EndNote
Reilly JA (01 Nisan 2014) The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700. Osmanlı Araştırmaları 44 44 341–356.
IEEE
[1]J. A. Reilly, “The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700”, OA, c. 44, sy 44, ss. 341–356, Nis. 2014, doi: 10.18589/oa.562137.
ISNAD
Reilly, James A. “The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700”. Osmanlı Araştırmaları 44/44 (01 Nisan 2014): 341-356. https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.562137.
JAMA
1.Reilly JA. The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700. OA. 2014;44:341–356.
MLA
Reilly, James A. “The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700”. Osmanlı Araştırmaları, c. 44, sy 44, Nisan 2014, ss. 341-56, doi:10.18589/oa.562137.
Vancouver
1.James A. Reilly. The Universal and the Particular: A View from Ottoman Homs ca. 1700. OA. 01 Nisan 2014;44(44):341-56. doi:10.18589/oa.562137