Peasant Families’ Journeys from Algeria to Mashriq (1880s–1890s): Personal Correspondence, Migration Networks, and Resettlement
Journal: Mashriq & Mahjar Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies
Year: 2025

In this article, Salma Hargal analyzes the journey of impoverished Algerians who became settlers on state-granted lands within the framework of Ottoman immigration policies and who acquired Ottoman citizenship under the 1869 Nationality Law. Drawing on a diverse range of sources—including confiscated letters, Ottoman archival documents, and French colonial and diplomatic correspondences and reports—Hargal reconstructs the trajectories of two families who emigrated to Damascus and Tiberias in Ott