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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780521452380
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Military government; Islamic History; Middle East - History; Sociology; Taxation; History: World; Palestine; Minority Studies; History / Middle East; Peasantry--Jerusalem Region--History--16th century; 16th century; History; Jerusalem Region; 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.