Illustrator: None
Format: 298 x 220 mm
Page: 1,200
Binding: Hardcover [Box with 2 volumes] 
Language: English
Publisher: Altajir World of Islam Trust, UK 
Year: 2000
ISBN 10: 0-90503536-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-90503536-9

ABOUT THIS BOOK

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 European nations began to assert power in the area. However, the Ottomans continued to control much of the region until after their 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.

Table of Content

PART ONE:  
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 KHALIDI LIBRARY - 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
• DOME OF THE ROCK: RESTORATIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE, 1540-1918 - 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 

PART TWO:
THE FABRIC OF THE CITY

A GRAMMAR OF OTTOMAN ORNAMENT IN JERUSALEM - David Myres

SPOTLIGHT REVIEWS

THE GUARDIAN - a review by William Dalrymple