The Ottoman Cities of Lebanon
Historical Legacy and Identity in the Modern Middle East
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science, History
| Author: | James A. Reilly | ISBN: | 9781786720368 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | July 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris | Language: | English |
| Author: | James A. Reilly |
| ISBN: | 9781786720368 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | July 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Language: | English |
At the beginning of the sixteenth century Sultan Selim I invaded Syria and Lebanon, and the area would remain nominally under Ottoman rule until the end of World War I. Whether defined as essentially 'Turkish', and therefore alien to the Lebanese experience, or remembered in its final years as a tyrannical and brutal dictatorship, the period has not been thought of fondly in most Lebanese historiography.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century Sultan Selim I invaded Syria and Lebanon, and the area would remain nominally under Ottoman rule until the end of World War I. Whether defined as essentially 'Turkish', and therefore alien to the Lebanese experience, or remembered in its final years as a tyrannical and brutal dictatorship, the period has not been thought of fondly in most Lebanese historiography.
