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 JaneHathaway 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 ..."
"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 JaneHathaway 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 JaneHathaway 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 JaneHathaway 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 ..."
"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 JaneHathaway 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 ..."
"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 ..."
"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 JaneHathaway, 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 ..."
"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."
"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 JaneHathaway 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 JaneHathaway 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 ..."
"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 JaneHathaway. 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 JaneHathaway 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 JaneHathaway 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 ..."
"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 JaneHathaway Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-79579-708-5, ISBN: 1-79579-708-8