A tale of two factions : myth, memory, and identity in Ottoman Egypt and Yemen /

"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 surroun...

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Main Author: Hathaway, Jane, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York, 2003
Series:SUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central