Dynamism in the urban society of Damascus : : the Ṣāliḥiyya Quarter from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries / / by Toru Miura.

• Superior document: Islamic area studies ; volume 2
• VerfasserIn: Miura, Tōru, 1953-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston ;, Leiden : : Brill,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic area studies (Brill) ; v. 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book presents a new perspective on Islamic urban society: a dynamism of social networking and justice which caused both rapid development and sudden decay in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter. Founded in the northern suburbs of Damascus by Hanbali ulama who migrated from Palestine to Syria in the mid-12th century, the quarter developed into a city through waqf endowments. It has attracted the attention of historians and travelers for its unique location, popular movements and religious features. Through the study of local chronicles, topographies and archival sources and through modern field research, Toru Miura explores the history of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter from its foundation to the early 20th century, comparing it to European, Chinese and Japanese cities.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Towards a new perspective of Islamic urban societies from a suburban quarter of Damascus -- 1. Madrasas and waqfs in Damascus: the basis of urban development -- 2. Formation of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter in the northern suburbs in the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods -- 3. The structure and transformation of the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter -- 4. Administrative networks in the late Mamluk period: taxation and bribery -- 5. Urban society in Damascus at the end of the Mamluk period: emergence of jama?a (factions) and zu?r (outlaws) -- 6. Ambiguous relations between religious institutions and waqf properties at the beginning of Ottoman rule -- 7. Personal networks surrounding the Ṣāliḥiyya court in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- 8. Formality and reality in shari?a court records: socio-economic relations in the Ṣāliḥiyya quarter in the nineteenth century -- 9. Changes in waqf institutions and the internal organisation of the quarter at the beginning of the twentieth century -- Conclusion: Dynamism of personal networks and social justice.