Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials
Subtitle: Rural Administration around Sixteenth-Century Jerusalem (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 27, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780521476799
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; World history; Medieval; History - General History; Taxation; History: World; Middle East; Middle East - General; History & Theory - General; History / Medieval; History / Middle East; History-Middle East - General; Peasantry--Jerusalem Region--History--16th ce; Peasantry--Jerusalem Region--History--16th century; Political Science-History & Theory - General; 16th century; History; Jerusalem Region; Military government; Peasantry
First sentence: On August 9, 1555, Ilyas sipahi (cavalry officer), acknowledged before the kadi of Jerusalem that he had received 19 gold dinars and 35 silver pieces from the villagers of 'Ayn Silwan.