OTTOMAN JERUSALEM
THE LIVING CITY: 1517-1917
edited by
Sylvia Auld and Robert Hillenbrand
architectural survey by Yusuf Natsheh
published on behalf of The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem by Altajir World of Islam Trust

The Ottoman empire dominated the Mediterranean and the Middle East from the 16th to the 18th centuries until the Europeans began to assert power in the area. However, it continued to control much of the region until after its defeat in the First World War.

For these four centuries in Palestine, the city of Jerusalem occupied an especial position. The Ottomans had inherited a city which for Muslims featured the exceptional presence of the Dome of the Rock, the Aqsa Mosque and the rich inheritance of buildings from the Mamluk period. However, for visitors today much of the aspect of the Old City, dominated by its magnificent walls, was created during that period of Ottoman rule.

This extensive and detailed work presents for the first time a wide-ranging study of various facets of the Ottoman city. A wealth of socio-historical research is supplemented by an important architectural survey. Under the direction of Professor Robert Hillenbrand, a team of internationally acknowledged academics and specialists have produced an erudite corpus of material which will serve as the standard work on the subject for the foreseeable future and also serve as a superb complementary volume to the World of Islam Festival Trust's acclaimed Mamluk Jerusalem.

CONTENTS
THE LIVING CITY

INTRODUCTION: STRUCTURE STYLE AND CONTEXT IN THE MONUMENTS OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Robert Hillenbrand
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM -Abdul-Karim Rafeq
THE LEADING INTELLECTUALS OF LATE OTTOMAN JERUSALEM AND THEIR BIOGRAPHIES - Khairia Kasmieh
THE 'ULAMA OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM (16TH-18TH CENTURIES) - Abdul-Karim Rafeq
THE PLACE OF JERUSALEM IN OTTOMAN PERCEPTION - Klaus Kreiser
AL-KULLIYYA AL-SALAHIYYA, A LATE OTTOMAN UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM - Martin Strohmeier
OTTOMAN JERUSALEM IN THE WRITINGS OF ARAB TRAVELLERS - Abdul-Karim Rafeq
OTTOMAN JERUSALEM IN WESTERN EYES - Ernst Axel Knauf
JERUSALEM IN ISLAM: THE THREE HONORARY NAMES OF THE CITY - Angelika Neuwirth
POPULAR AND SYMBOLIC ICONOGRAPHIES RELATED TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD - Michele Bernardini
ASPECTS OF THE SIJILLS OF THE SHARI'A COURT IN JERUSALEM - Khadr Salameh
THE WAQFS OF THE TRADITIONAL FAMILIES OF JERUSALEM DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD - Mohammad 'Ali 'Alami
THE ARCHITECTS IN JERUSALEM IN THE 10TH-11TH/16TH-17TH CENTURIES: THE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE - Mahmud Atallah
THE KHALIDIYYA - Lawrence Conrad
THE URBAN STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL ORGANISATION OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM IN THE CONTEXT OF OTTOMAN URBANISM - Paolo Cuneo
INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN LATE OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Rashid al-Khalidi
THE COMMERCIAL LIFE OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - George Hintlian
REALITY, IMAGINATION AND BELIEF: JERUSALEM IN 19TH- AND EARLY 20TH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS (1839-1917) - Ruth Victor-Hummel
THE CEMETERIES OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Kamal J al-'Asali
THE LIBRARIES IN OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Kamal J al-'Asali
COSTUME IN OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Nancy Micklewright
THE SONGS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Claudia Ott
TWO OTTOMAN CEREMONIAL BANNERS IN JERUSALEM - Vera Tamari
AN OVERVIEW OF THE ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - David Myres
ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION - Sylvia Auld
LIFE IN 19TH-CENTURY JERUSALEM - Susan Roaf

THE FABRIC OF THE CITY

RESTORATIONS IN THE HARAM - Beatrice St Laurent
THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK: AN APPRECIATION - John Carswell
THE OTTOMAN WINDOWS IN THE DOME OF THE ROCK AND THE AQSA MOSQUE - Finbar B Flood
THE PAINTED WOODEN CEILING IN THE INNER AMBULATORY OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK - James W Allan and Marwan Abu Khalaf
CEILING DECORATION IN JERUSALEM DURING THE LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD: 1856-1917 - Sharif M Sharif
THE EAST WALL OF THE HARAM AL-SHARIF: A NOTE ON ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL - Michael H Burgoyne
THE CITADEL (QAL'A) IN THE OTTOMAN PERIOD: AN OVERVIEW - Mahmoud Hawari
THE HAMMAMS OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Martin Dow
RESTORATIONS ON MASJID MAHD 'ISA (THE CRADLE OF JESUS) DURING THE OTTOMAN PERIOD - David Myres
AL-'IMARA AL-'AMIRA, THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OF KHASSAKI SULTAN (959/1552) - David Myres
THE ARCHITECTURE OF OTTOMAN JERUSALEM - Yusuf Natsheh
A GRAMMAR OF OTTOMAN ORNAMENT IN JERUSALEM - David Myres

298 x 220 mm, over 1,200 pages, 2 volumes, with16 pages in full colour.
Many plans, drawings and over 350 black and white photographs.
Hardback, with slip case, folder with drawings.
£145.00
ISBN 0 905035 36 4
Publication date February 2000
ALTAJIR WORLD OF ISLAM TRUST

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