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Jews and Muslims in lower Yemen : a study in protection and restraint, 1918-1949 / by Isaac Hollander.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; v. 96.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xliii, 478 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9004140123
  • 9789004140127
  • 9781429427937
  • 1429427930
  • 9781433705106
  • 1433705109
  • 1280859776
  • 9781280859779
  • 9786610859771
  • 6610859779
  • 9047406060
  • 9789047406068
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jews and Muslims in lower Yemen.DDC classification:
  • 305.892/4053/09041 22
LOC classification:
  • DS135.Y4 H65 2005eb
Other classification:
  • 15.75
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Style; Lexical Note; Introduction and Plan of Work; Chapter One: Sources and Method; Chapter Two: The Framework; Chapter Three: Foundations of a Working Hypothesis; Chapter Four: The Shaykh and the Aqil; Chapter Five: Jizya Headmanship--and Hayyim Misha; Chapter Six: Yahya Hayyim and Jizya Headmanship; Chapter Seven: Towards a Conclusion: Supplanted Authorities and Reinterpreted Relationships; Chapter Eight: Bilad al-'Adharib and the Bani al-Munifi; Chapter Nine: The Brink of Dhimma: Negotiating with the Bani al-Munifi of Bilad al-'Adharib.
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Summary: This fascinating microhistory, crafted from documents and oral narratives, provides a rare portrait of pre-1950 rural Yemen while showing how religiously subordinated Jewish villagers strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant Muslim majority.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-468) and index.

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Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Style; Lexical Note; Introduction and Plan of Work; Chapter One: Sources and Method; Chapter Two: The Framework; Chapter Three: Foundations of a Working Hypothesis; Chapter Four: The Shaykh and the Aqil; Chapter Five: Jizya Headmanship--and Hayyim Misha; Chapter Six: Yahya Hayyim and Jizya Headmanship; Chapter Seven: Towards a Conclusion: Supplanted Authorities and Reinterpreted Relationships; Chapter Eight: Bilad al-'Adharib and the Bani al-Munifi; Chapter Nine: The Brink of Dhimma: Negotiating with the Bani al-Munifi of Bilad al-'Adharib.

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This fascinating microhistory, crafted from documents and oral narratives, provides a rare portrait of pre-1950 rural Yemen while showing how religiously subordinated Jewish villagers strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant Muslim majority.

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