ID - 23586079 TI - The Arabs of the Ottoman Empire, 1516-1918 : a social and cultural history PY - 2013 SN - 9781107033634 9781139521970 9781107619036 1139521977 9781107055995 1107055997 9781107059573 1107059577 1107033632 1107619033 110706564X 1107058252 9781107058255 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - History of Asia KW - History of Southern Europe KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - anno 1910-1919 KW - anno 1900-1909 KW - anno 1800-1899 KW - Turkey KW - Arab States KW - Arab states KW - Arabs KW - Ulama KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - Social change KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Elites (Social sciences) KW - Leadership KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Social classes KW - Social groups KW - Ulema KW - Islam KW - Muslim scholars KW - Ethnology KW - Semites KW - History. KW - Functionaries KW - Anatolia KW - Anatolie KW - Ānātūlī KW - Asia Minor KW - Asia Minore KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Turk Uls KW - Buturuki KW - Cộng hoà Thỏ̂ Nhĩ Kỳ KW - Dēmokratia tēs Tourkias KW - Devlet-i Aliye Osmaniye KW - Durka KW - Durkka dásseváldi KW - Gweriniaeth Twrci KW - Jamhuri ya Uturuki KW - Jamhuuriyada Turki KW - Jumhūrīyah al-Turkīyah KW - Komara Tirkiyeyê KW - Lýðveldið Turkaland KW - Lýðveldið Tyrkland KW - Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira ilẹ̀ Túrkì KW - Osmanlı İmparatorluğu KW - Osmanskai︠a︡ Imperii︠a︡ KW - Ottoman Empire KW - Pobblaght ny Turkee KW - Poblacht na Tuirce KW - Repóbblica d'l Turchî KW - Repubbleche de Turchie KW - Repubblica di Turchia KW - Republic of Turkey KW - Republic of Türkiye KW - República da Turquia KW - Republica de Turchia KW - Republica de Turquía KW - Republica Turcia KW - Republiek Turkeye KW - Republiek Turkije KW - Republiek van Turkye KW - Republik bu Tirki KW - Republik Tierkei KW - Republik Turkäi KW - Republik Türkei KW - Républik Turki KW - Republik Turkia KW - Republika e Turqisë KW - Republika ng Turkiya KW - Repùblika Tërecczi KW - Republika Turcija KW - Republika Turcji KW - Republika Turcyje KW - Republika Turecko KW - Republika Turkiya KW - Republika Turkojska KW - Republika Turska KW - Republika Turt︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Republiḳah ha-Ṭurḳiyah KW - Republiken Turkiet KW - Republikken Tyrkia KW - Republikken Tyrkiet KW - République de Turquie KW - République turque KW - Repuvlika de Turkiya KW - Ripablik kya Buturuki KW - Ripoliku Turkiyakondre KW - T.C. (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti) KW - Tagduda n Tturk KW - TC KW - Teki KW - Tëreckô KW - Ṭerḳay KW - Ṭerḳishe Republiḳ KW - Thekhi KW - Thỏ̂ Nhĩ Kỳ KW - Thú-ngí-khì KW - Tiakei KW - Tierkei KW - Tiki KW - Tirki KW - Tırkiya KW - Tirkiye KW - Ti︠u︡rk KW - Ti︠u︡rk Respublika KW - Ti︠u︡rkii︠a︡ KW - Ti︠u︡rkii︠a︡ Respublika KW - Tlacatlahtocayotl Turquia KW - Tʻŏkʻi KW - T'ŏk'i Konghwaguk KW - Tʼóok Bikéyah KW - Torkėjė KW - Tȯrkiă KW - Törkie KW - Törkieë KW - Tȯrkii︠a︡ KW - Tȯrkii︠a︡ Jȯmḣu̇rii︠a︡te KW - Török Köztársaság KW - Törökország KW - Toruko KW - Toruko Kyōwakoku KW - Tourkia KW - Tourkikē Dēmokratia KW - Tturk KW - Tu er qi gong he guo KW - Tū-ī-gì KW - Tū-ī-gì Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók KW - Tu'erqi KW - Tu'erqi gong he guo KW - Tu'erqi Gongheguo KW - Tuirc KW - Tunkī KW - Turchî KW - Turchia KW - Turchie KW - Turchy Respublikæ KW - Turcia KW - Turcija KW - Turcijas Republika KW - Turcja KW - Turcland KW - Turcyjo KW - Turechchyna KW - Turecká republika KW - Turecko KW - Tureke KW - Turet︠s︡ka Respublika KW - Turėtskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Tureuki KW - Türgi KW - Türgi Vabariik KW - Türgü KW - Türgü Vabariik KW - Turk KW - Turkäi KW - Turkaland KW - Turkamastor KW - Türkän KW - Turkanʹ respubliksʹ KW - Turkee KW - Türkei KW - Turkeya KW - Turkeye KW - Turki KW - Turkia KW - Turkia Respubliko KW - Turkieë KW - Turkiet KW - Turkii KW - Tu̇rkii︠a︡ KW - Tu̇rkii︠a︡ Respublikasy KW - Tu̇rkiĭė KW - Tu̇rkiĭė Respublikata KW - Turkija KW - Turkije KW - Turkin tasavalta KW - Turkio KW - Turkiyā KW - Turkiya Republika KW - Türkiyä Respublikası KW - Turkiyah KW - Turkiyakondre KW - Türkiye KW - Türkiye Cumhuriyeti KW - Türkiýe Respublikasy KW - Turkki KW - Turkojska KW - Turkowska KW - Turkujo KW - Turkya KW - Turkyah KW - Turkye KW - Turqia KW - Turquía KW - Turquie (Repupblic) KW - Turska KW - Turtchie KW - Turt︠s︡i KW - Turt︠s︡i Respubliki KW - Turt︠s︡iĭ KW - Turt︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Turtsyi︠a︡ KW - Turukiya KW - Tuykia KW - Twrci KW - Tyrkia KW - Tyrkiet KW - Tyrkland KW - Tẏrt︠s︡i KW - Uturuki KW - Vysokai︠a︡ Porta KW - Whenua Korukoru KW - Τουρκική Δημοκρατία KW - Τουρκία KW - Δημοκρατία της Τουρκίας KW - Република Турска KW - Република Турция KW - Република Турција KW - Турска KW - Турцыя KW - Турци KW - Турци Республики KW - Турция KW - Турција KW - Турций KW - Турція KW - Турчы Республикæ KW - Турэцкая Рэспубліка KW - Турк KW - Туркань республиксь KW - Туркамастор KW - Турецька Республіка KW - Турецка Республіка KW - Турецкая Республика KW - Туреччина KW - Тюрк KW - Тюрк Республика KW - Тюркия KW - Тюркия Республика KW - רפובליקה הטורקית KW - תורכיה KW - טערקישע רעפובליק KW - טערקיי KW - טורקיה KW - تركيا KW - جمهورية التركية KW - トルコ KW - トルコ共和国 KW - 土耳其 KW - 土耳其共和國 KW - 터키 KW - 터키 공화국 KW - History KW - Intellectual life. KW - Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 KW - Arts and Humanities UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23586079 AB - The Ottomans ruled much of the Arab World for four centuries. Bruce Masters's work surveys this period, emphasizing the cultural and social changes that occurred against the backdrop of the political realities that Arabs experienced as subjects of the Ottoman sultans. The persistence of Ottoman rule over a vast area for several centuries required that some Arabs collaborate in the imperial enterprise. Masters highlights the role of two social classes that made the empire successful: the Sunni Muslim religious scholars, the ulama, and the urban notables, the acyan. Both groups identified with the Ottoman sultanate and were its firmest backers, although for different reasons. The ulama legitimated the Ottoman state as a righteous Muslim sultanate, while the acyan emerged as the dominant political and economic class in most Arab cities due to their connections to the regime. Together, the two helped to maintain the empire. ER -