The Ottoman Middle East discusses various political, social, cultural and economic aspects of the Ottoman Middle East. By using various textual and visual documents, produced in the Ottoman Empire, the collection offers new insights into the matrix of life under Ottoman rule.

Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Eyal Ginio, Elie Podeh The Ottoman Empire and Europe Bernard Lewis Part One Ottoman Palestine King Solomon or Sultan Süleyman? Rachel Milstein The Renovations of Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808–1839) in Jerusalem  Khader Salameh Ottoman Intelligence Gathering during Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt and Palestine Dror Zeevi A Note on ʿAziz (Asis) Domet: A Pro-Zionist Arab Writer Jacob M. Landau Part Two Ottoman Egypt and the Fertile Crescent Un territoire « bien gardé » du sultan ? Les Ottomans dans leur vilâyet de Basra, 1565-1568  Nicolas Vatin Egyptian and Syrian Sufis Viewing Ottoman Turkish Sufism: Similarities, Differences, and Interactions  Michael Winter Growing Consciousness of the Child in Ottoman Syria in the 19th Century: Modes of Parenting and Education in the Middle Class  Fruma Zachs Part Three Ottoman Jews and the Surrounding Communities Retour sur les privilèges des Alamanoğlu : Une lignée juive ottomane à travers les siècles  Gilles Veinstein † Of Orphans, Marriage, and Money: Mating Patterns of Istanbul’s Jews in the Early Nineteenth Century  Minna Rozen Urban Encounters: The Muslim-Jewish Case in the Ottoman Empire  Yaron Ben-Naeh Part Four Social History of the Ottoman Lands Shifting Patterns of Ottoman Enslavement in the Early Modern Period Ehud Toledano The Last Imaret? An Imperial Ottoman Firman from 1308/1890 Amy Singer Amnon Cohen's List of Publications Bibliography Index