Agricultural and administrative reforms in Ottoman Syria and their impact on the City of Salamiyya and its Ismaili Population
This lecture will be held in Arabic at 16.00 BST (18.00 SYR)
The lecture deals with the Ottoman second泭Tanzimat泭(reforms) that were announced and implemented in the second half of the nineteenth century and how these reforms had their impact on the city of泭Salamiyya泭and its Ismaili population. In particular, we will examine the agricultural reforms represented by the Land Code of 1858 (Arazi Kanunnamesi), the land registration law of 1861 known as the泭tapu, and others. We will explore how these laws played an important role in the expansion of the agricultural area in泭Salamiyya泭and its surroundings, land ownership and the types of crops that were grown there, in addition to other contributions that helped making泭Salamiyya泭a distinct town in Ottoman Syria in the last decade of Ottoman rule.
We will also examine the Ottoman administrative reforms represented in the泭Wilayat泭(Vilayet) Law of 1864, which participated in placing泭Salamiyya泭on the map of the administrative hierarchy in Ottoman Syria through the official recognition of泭Salamiyya泭as an administrative unit in the 1880s. Throughout the lecture, we will explore the role the Ottoman authorities and Salamiyyas Ismaili inhabitants played in implementing these reforms and in advancing泭Salamiyya泭from a small village to a district with its own municipal council with a number of its residents as members of it.
Speakers
Ula Zeir
Ula Zeir泭has a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the泭. The title of her thesis is ““. Ulas work has been heavily enriched by the Ottoman archival materials, and the oral tradition of the Syrian Ismaili community. Currently, she works as a Content Specialist/Arabic Language and Gulf History at the泭泭in London. Her research interests include the Social and Cultural History of Greater Syria, the Middle East and the Gulf region; Ottoman History; Archival Research; Folk Music; Oral History; Arabic Poetry; and Sufism.
Ula has presented academic papers at a number of academic institutions including the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh; the Institute of Ismaili Studies;泭; the泭泭at the University of Cambridge; the泭泭(Orta Dou Teknik niversitesi), Ankara; the泭泭(Ifpo), Beirut; and the泭泭at the University of Sharjah. Ula also presented at the Ismaili Centre in Dubai; and the National Ismaili Council of Syria. In 2011 and 2013, she worked as an independent researcher at the Prime Ministry State Archives in Istanbul, Turkiye, which earned her the knowledge and expertise in Ottoman archival materials.
Dr Nuha al-Shaar
Associate Professor
Dr Nuha al-Shaar has a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Cambridge, MPhil in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge and an MA in African and Asian History the School of African and Asian Studies, SOAS. She has taught at various academic institutions in the UK, and the Arab world. Find out more on泭Dr Nuha al-Shaar’s research and publications.
Image from Babakanl覺k Devlet Arivleri/ the Prime Ministry State Archives in Turkiye. Used with permission.
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Views expressed in this lecture are those of the presenting scholars, not necessarily of 敁珗曄部, the Ismaili community or leadership. Promotion of this lecture is not an explicit endorsement of the ideas presented.
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