Forging urban solidarities
Wilkins, Charles L.
Forging urban solidarities Ottoman Aleppo, 1640-1700 / [electronic resource] : by Charles L. Wilkins. - Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xvi, 323 p. - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage, v. 41 1380-6076 ; . - Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 41. .
pt. 1. Extraordinary taxes ('avariz) and local administration -- The 'avariz tax regime and the conduct of tax surveys -- The mechanics of local tax administration : land use, personal liability, and apportionment -- The responsibilities and compensation of quarter tax officials -- A fiscal demography of Aleppo -- Urban responses to the Imposition of extraordinary taxes -- The frequency and level of extraordinary tax levies -- Popular strategies for tax relief : tax exemption -- Other individual strategies for tax relief -- Collective action and mutual assistance -- Residential quarters and the question of "positive loyalties" -- pt. 2. Military units : elements of solidarity and division -- Survey of military cadres -- Residence patterns -- Compensation of troops -- Ocaklik and the guards of the Kars Citadel : soldiers, market regulation, and moneylending -- Mobilization and unit solidarity -- The career of 'Ali b. Shabib (d. ca. 1678) -- The episode of 'Ali Agha b. 'Abdullah -- Limits on unit discipline and solidarity -- pt. 3. Solidarity and leadership in the guilds -- Guild self-government -- The leadership of the guilds : two case studies -- The butchers -- The Kasapbasi : compensation and social background -- The tanners -- The Akhi Baba and Shaykh al-Sab'a -- A sketch of one Shaykh al-Sab'a : Sayyid Ibrahim b. Sayyid Rajab al-H'anbali (d. 1678) -- The Shaykh al-Dabbaghin and Naqib al-Dabbaghin -- Relations among guilds -- Guilds : patterns of autonomy and organizational fluidity.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Taxation--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Soldiers--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Guilds--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
City and town life--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Solidarity--Political aspects--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Solidarity--Economic aspects--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Politics and government--17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Economic conditions--17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Social conditions--17th century.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Electronic books.
DS99.A56 / W55 2009eb
956.91/3
Forging urban solidarities Ottoman Aleppo, 1640-1700 / [electronic resource] : by Charles L. Wilkins. - Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010. - xvi, 323 p. - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage, v. 41 1380-6076 ; . - Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 41. .
pt. 1. Extraordinary taxes ('avariz) and local administration -- The 'avariz tax regime and the conduct of tax surveys -- The mechanics of local tax administration : land use, personal liability, and apportionment -- The responsibilities and compensation of quarter tax officials -- A fiscal demography of Aleppo -- Urban responses to the Imposition of extraordinary taxes -- The frequency and level of extraordinary tax levies -- Popular strategies for tax relief : tax exemption -- Other individual strategies for tax relief -- Collective action and mutual assistance -- Residential quarters and the question of "positive loyalties" -- pt. 2. Military units : elements of solidarity and division -- Survey of military cadres -- Residence patterns -- Compensation of troops -- Ocaklik and the guards of the Kars Citadel : soldiers, market regulation, and moneylending -- Mobilization and unit solidarity -- The career of 'Ali b. Shabib (d. ca. 1678) -- The episode of 'Ali Agha b. 'Abdullah -- Limits on unit discipline and solidarity -- pt. 3. Solidarity and leadership in the guilds -- Guild self-government -- The leadership of the guilds : two case studies -- The butchers -- The Kasapbasi : compensation and social background -- The tanners -- The Akhi Baba and Shaykh al-Sab'a -- A sketch of one Shaykh al-Sab'a : Sayyid Ibrahim b. Sayyid Rajab al-H'anbali (d. 1678) -- The Shaykh al-Dabbaghin and Naqib al-Dabbaghin -- Relations among guilds -- Guilds : patterns of autonomy and organizational fluidity.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Taxation--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Soldiers--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Guilds--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
City and town life--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Solidarity--Political aspects--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Solidarity--Economic aspects--History--Syria--Aleppo--17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Politics and government--17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Economic conditions--17th century.
Aleppo (Syria)--Social conditions--17th century.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Electronic books.
DS99.A56 / W55 2009eb
956.91/3