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Damascus (Syria) --- Dimashq (Syria) --- Dameśeḳ (Syria) --- Damascus --- Damas (Syria) --- Şam (Syria) --- Social life and customs

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Written by J. Sauvaget and M. Écochard, the descriptions and illustrations contained in this book are intended to be representative of the art of Damascus in the Ayyubid period in the broad sense.There are a series of tombs (Ṣafwat al-Molk, Farroukh-Châh, Bahrâm-Châh, Miṯqâl), madrasas (Djahârkasiya, Raiḥâniya, ‛Aḏrawiya,‛ Izziya hors-les-murs, ‛Âdiliya, Mâridâni hors-les-murs,‛ Âdiliya- the-walls), cenotaphs (Fâṭima, Abân, Badr, the emir Altountâch, Sokaina, Bilâl), as well as several epitaphs, the three Ayyubid baths of Damascus and dar al-Ḥadith of Nour ad-Din.The editor has also found it useful to include a bibliography of epigraphic and archaeological publications that have addressed the issue.

Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Architecture --- Damascus (Syria) --- Antiquities. --- Dimashq (Syria) --- Dameśeḳ (Syria) --- Damascus --- Damas (Syria) --- Şam (Syria) --- architecture traditionnelle --- Ayyoubide (dynastie) --- Syrie médiévale --- monuments --- Damas --- madrasa

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The analysis of a large sample of probate inventories has led to several conclusions concerning the state of the Damascene family and society towards 1700.Despite immigration to the city, Damascus did not experience any significant expansion at this time. Families were largely monagomous, and contrary to what travellers had assumed, were composed of two or three children, hardly enough to ensure a natural growth for the city.Patrimonial hierarchy and structures suggest the existence of an inegalitarian society. This society was dominated by a group of important merchants intimately associated by marriage ties and also by personal interest to the principal shaykh families as well as the military milieu which, despite their having been reined in by the central political authority, still managed to wield economic and social importance. The weight of family heritage in the personal destiny of individuals was considerable at all levels in this society, although individual social promotion was not a completely unknown phenomenon. Cohesional factors did however exist in all strata of society, albeit strictly among males, such as participation in the pilgrimage and the role of shaykhs as transmitters of cultural and religious patrimony.

Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Social Conditions --- Damascus (Syria) --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Dimashq (Syria) --- Dameśeḳ (Syria) --- Damascus --- Damas (Syria) --- Şam (Syria) --- mobilité sociale --- société --- Syrie --- économie --- Damas

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This study on the suburb of Midan in Damascus (Syria) covers all the neighbourhoods located south of Bab al-Mousalla before the explosion of urban growth. Until the implementation of the urban plans of Danger (1937), then of Ecochard and Benshoya (1968), the Midan changed little. During the 1990s, the old suburb was transformed and coexisted with the new extensions of Grand Damascus. Using maps, plans, sections, diagrams and sketches, this work therefore aims to describe the old structure of the neighbourhood, to take stock of its condition and to understand the transformations underway at that time. The author analyzes the centrality of Midan, the hierarchical structure of these roads, the general outline of the suburb and its relations with the Damscene territory and Ghouta.

Architecture --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Design and construction --- Damascus (Syria) --- Maydān (Damascus, Syria) --- Mīdān (Damascus, Syria) --- Dimashq (Syria) --- Dameśeḳ (Syria) --- Damascus --- Damas (Syria) --- Şam (Syria) --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Architecture, Primitive --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Architecture - Syria - Damascus. --- urbanisme --- Syrie --- Damas --- Midan --- sociologie urbaine --- banlieue --- architecture

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Dans cet ouvrage, Colette Establet et Jean-Paul Pascual achèvent leur tour d’horizon de la société ottomane damascène vers 1700. Les inventaires après décès et les comptes de gestion des orphelins mineurs autorisent l’analyse du groupe des agents civils et militaires de l’État, les ‘askar. Qui sont-ils ? Quels liens entretiennent-ils avec la société des ra‘āyā ? Peu avant 1700, ce n’est pas le montant moyen de leur fortune qui les distingue, mais la composition de leur patrimoine. Les ‘askar détiennent plus d’espèces que les ra‘āyā et, s’ils ne négligent pas les activités urbaines, c’est de la campagne, proche ou lointaine, qu’ils tirent de multiples revenus ; ils sont liés aux waqf dont ils exploitent biens urbains et ruraux. Ils partagent avec l’ensemble des sujets la même vie quotidienne, tout en privilégiant le style de vie des ra‘āyā les plus prospères. Enfin, les hommes affirment leur statut de ‘askar : ils détiennent armes et chevaux dont la valeur et la beauté expriment symboliquement l’appartenance à un groupe qui tient à se distinguer de celui des sujets.

Soldiers --- Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East --- History & Archaeology --- Middle East --- History --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Armed Forces --- Damascus (Syria) --- Officials and employees --- Social conditions --- Dimashq (Syria) --- Dameśeḳ (Syria) --- Damascus --- Damas (Syria) --- Şam (Syria) --- XVIIe siècle --- armes --- ‘askar --- patrimoines --- comptes de gestion --- inventaires après décès --- Agents de l’État ottoman --- Damas ottomane --- campagne --- harnachement --- ra‘āyā --- armement --- Syrie ottomane