Ottoman Aleppo, 1640-1700 Wilkins, Charles L. creator ebrary, Inc text Electronic books. ne Leiden [Netherlands] Boston Brill 2010 monographic eng

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xvi, 323 p. 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. by Charles L. Wilkins. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. a-sy--- a-tu--- Taxation Syria Aleppo History 17th century Soldiers Syria Aleppo History 17th century Guilds Syria Aleppo History 17th century City and town life Syria Aleppo History 17th century Solidarity Political aspects Syria Aleppo History 17th century Solidarity Economic aspects Syria Aleppo History 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 DS99.A56 W55 2009eb 956.91/3 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10439146 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10439146 CaPaEBR 090722 ebr10439146