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Books by Jane Hathaway






A Tale of Two Factions(Updated)
Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen (Suny Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)
by Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2003 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-5884-6, ISBN: 0-7914-5884-9

"Reevaluates the foundation myths of two rival factions in Egypt during the Ottoman era.This revisionist study reevaluates the origins and foundation myths of the Faqaris and Qasimis, two rival factions that divided Egyptian society during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Egypt was the largest province in the Ottoman Empire. In answer to the enduring mystery surrounding the factions’ origins, Jane Hathaway places their emer ..."






The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt(4th Edition)
The Rise of the Qazdaglis (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
by Jane Hathaway, Mr David Morgan
Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2002 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-89294-0, ISBN: 0-521-89294-5

"In a lucidly argued revisionist study of military society in Ottoman Egypt, Jane Hathaway contends that the basic framework within which this elite operated was the household, a conglomerate of patron-client ties. Using Turkish and Arabic archival sources, the author focuses on the Qazdagli household, a military group that came to dominate Egypt. This pioneering study will have a major impact on the understanding of Egyptian history, an ..."






The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
From African Slave to Power-Broker
by Jane Hathaway
Hardcover, 338 Pages, Published 2018 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-10829-5, ISBN: 1-107-10829-2

"Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem of the Ottoman Empire. A wide range of primary sources are used to analyze the Chief Eunuch's origins in East Africa and his political, economic, and religious role from the inception of his office in the late sixteenth century through the ..."






The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
From African Slave to Power-Broker (Paperback)
by Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 340 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-51920-6, ISBN: 1-107-51920-9






The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule(2nd Edition)
1516-1800 (A History of the Near East)
by Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-64345-1, ISBN: 1-138-64345-9

" The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule assesses the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq, and Yemen between 1516 and 1800. Drawing attention to the important history of these regions, the book challenges outmoded perceptions of this period as a demoralizing prelude to the rise of Arab nationalism and Arab nation-states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As well as exploring political events and dev ..."






The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule(1st Edition)
1516-1800
by Jane Hathaway, Karl Barbir
Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2008 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-582-41899-8, ISBN: 0-582-41899-2

"In this seminal study, Jane Hathaway presents a wide-ranging reassessment of the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq and Yemen - the first of its kind in over forty years. Challenging outmoded perceptions of this period as a demoralizing prelude to the rise of Arab nationalism and Arab nation-states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Hathaway depicts an era of immense social, cultural, econom ..."






Beshir Agha
Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Imperial Harem (Makers of the Muslim World)
by Jane Hathaway
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2006 by Oneworld Publications
ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-390-1, ISBN: 1-85168-390-9

"This book explores the life of el-Hajj Beshir Agha (ca. 1657-1746), the most powerful Chief Harem Eunuch in the history of the Ottoman Empire. In this capacity, he helped to shape and propagate the official Ottoman brand of Sunni Islam. El-Hajj Beshir was one of hundreds of East African eunuchs who served as guards and interlocutors for the imperial mothers, sisters, wives, and concubines who inhabited Topkapy Palace's enormous harem. E ..."






Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Chili-Slaw Dogs
by Mary Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2013 by Gumbo Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-82729-2, ISBN: 0-615-82729-2

"Caroline Ashley is a journalist on the rise at the Washington Post until the sudden death of her father brings her back to Thorny Hollow to care for her mentally fragile mother. The only respite from the eternal rotation of bridge club meetings and garden parties is her longtime friend, Brooks Elliott. A professor of journalism, Brooks is the voice of sanity and reason in the land of pink lemonade and triple layer coconut cakes. But whe ..."






Mutiny and Rebellion in the Ottoman Empire(1st Edition)
(Revised edition)
by Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-299-19974-6, ISBN: 0-299-19974-6

"In the course of its more than six-hundred-year history, the Ottoman Empire weathered rebellions and threats of rebellion from every quarter, both within the imperial capital and in its far-flung provinces. Mutinies and threats of mutiny were likewise not infrequent occurrences. This collection of essays is the first collaborative volume devoted to the subject of rebellion, and more particularly, mutiny, in the Ottoman Empire. Regionali ..."






A History of the near East Ser.(1st Edition)
The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule, 1516-1800
by Jane Hathaway, Karl Barbir
Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-16815-2, ISBN: 1-138-16815-7

"In this seminal study, Jane Hathaway presents a wide-ranging reassessment of the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq and Yemen - the first of its kind in over forty years. Challenging outmoded perceptions of this period as a demoralizing prelude to the rise of Arab nationalism and Arab nation-states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Hathaway depicts an era of immense social, cultural, econom ..."






A History of the near East Ser.
The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule : 1516-1800
by Jane Hathaway, Karl Barbir
344 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-87562-8, ISBN: 1-317-87562-1

"This in turn contributes to the impression that the social infrastructure of the Arab provinces was fundamentally sound, particularly in ... Quoted in Norman A. Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book (Philadelphia, 1979), p."






A History of the near East Ser.
The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule : 1516-1800
by Jane Hathaway, Karl Barbir
344 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-87563-5, ISBN: 1-317-87563-X

"This was particularly true of the governor of Jirja, which in the seventeenth century rivalled Cairo as a locus of power. Under Ali Bey, Jirja and much of Upper Egypt seem to have become a sphere of influence of the Faqari faction. Ali Bey was, in fact, the first grandee to assume the sobriquet 'Faqari', which in all probability derived from his use of the sort of Ottoman battle flag frequently employed by the Janissaries, emblazon ..."






Tale of Two Factions, A
Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen
by Jane Hathaway
311 Pages, Published 2012 by Suny Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-8610-8, ISBN: 0-7914-8610-9

"See, however, Colin Heywood's revisionist theory of Ottoman origins: “Filling the Black Hole: The Emergence of the Bithynian Atamanates,” in The Great Ottoman Turkish Civilisation, eds., Kemal Çiçek, Ercüment Kuran, Nejat Göyünç, and I . lber Ortaylı, 4 vols. (Ankara: Yeni Türkiye Yayınevi, 2000), vol. 1: 107–15. 36. Fairfax Downey, Soliman le Magnifique, trans. S. M. Guillemin. 22. Nour, “L' Histoire du croissant,” pp. 51/280, 65/2 ..."






Makers of the Muslim World Ser.
Beshir Agha : Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Imperial Harem
by Jane Hathaway
160 Pages, Published 2012 by Oneworld Publications
ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-195-6, ISBN: 1-78074-195-2

"Ali Aktan; Istanbul, 1995). Ahmed Resmi Efendi's (1700–83) Hamîlet ülkübera' ( The Ostrich Plumes of the Great) is a compendium of more substantial chief harem eunuch biographies, running through Moralı Beshir Agha. The Ottoman Turkish ..."






History of Egypt
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Jabarti
by Markus Wiener Publishing, Jane Hathaway
Hardcover, 357 Pages, Published 2011 by Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
ISBN-13: 978-1-55876-446-0, ISBN: 1-55876-446-1

"The multi-volume chronicle of the Cairo scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754-1825), known in Arabic as cAja-'ib al-atha-r fi- al-tara-jim wa-al-akhba-r, which translates roughly as The Most Wondrous Achievements: Biographies and Reports of Events, is the single most important primary source for the history of Egypt over nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule (1517-1882). This text, compiled by editor Jane Hathaway to appeal to the gene ..."






A Tale of Two Factions
Myth, Memory, and Identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen (Suny Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East)
by Jane Hathaway.
Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2003 by State University Of New York Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-5883-9, ISBN: 0-7914-5883-0

"Ovid, Selections from the Metamorphoses and Heroides of Publius Ovidius Naso, with a Literal and Interlinear Translation, trans. Hamilton, ed. Thomas Clark and George William Heilig (New York: Charles De Silver and Sons; David McKay Co., Inc., 1889), pp. 131-38. I am grateful to Richard Groening for alerting me to this connection. 8. Al-Jabarti, 'Aja^ib (Cairo), vol. 1: 254. 9. Khoury, State and Provincial Society in the Ottoman Em ..."






My Angel and Other Poems
by Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1994 by Chiron Review Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-943795-26-3, ISBN: 0-943795-26-5






Al-jabarti's History of Egypt(1st Edition)
by Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 357 Pages, Published 2009 by Markus Wiener Pub
ISBN-13: 978-1-55876-447-7, ISBN: 1-55876-447-X

"The multi-volume chronicle of the Cairo scholar Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754-1825), known in Arabic as cAja-'ib al-atha-r fi- al-tara-jim wa-al-akhba-r, which translates roughly as The Most Wondrous Achievements: Biographies and Reports of Events, is the single most important primary source for the history of Egypt over nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule (1517-1882). This text, compiled by editor Jane Hathaway to appeal to the gene ..."






The Golden Age of Islam(1st Edition)
by Maurice Lombard, Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by Markus Wiener Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-55876-322-7, ISBN: 1-55876-322-8

"In this book, Maurice Lombard portrays the Islamic world as the center of civilization at a time when the West was primitive and backward. Its reach extended from Córdoba to Samarkand, and it maintained and developed the tradition of wealth, cultural and artistic achievement, and thriving urban life that it had absorbed from its predecessors, the civilizations of Greece, Egypt, and Persia, and the ancient cities of the Middle East. It i ..."






Starling and Swift Ser.
Death on the Wind
by Mary Jane Hathaway
Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published
ISBN-13: 978-1-79579-708-5, ISBN: 1-79579-708-8



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