The Ottomans In Syria: A History Of Justice And Oppression (tauris Academic Studies)
by Dick Douwes /
2000 / English / PDF
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Though the Ottoman state administered vast and complex
territories, its capabilities were limited and resources and
manpower scarce. The resort of coercion became a vital policy.
Dick Douwes examines the Syrian interior during the period from
1785 to 1841 and shows how the empire established independent
local power bases and how their rule over the peasantry was based
on oppression and extortion. This reached its apogee under the
reformist governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, who rebelled
against the Sultan and occupied all Syria.
Though the Ottoman state administered vast and complex
territories, its capabilities were limited and resources and
manpower scarce. The resort of coercion became a vital policy.
Dick Douwes examines the Syrian interior during the period from
1785 to 1841 and shows how the empire established independent
local power bases and how their rule over the peasantry was based
on oppression and extortion. This reached its apogee under the
reformist governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, who rebelled
against the Sultan and occupied all Syria.
