ISBN:
9004140123
,
9789004140127
,
9781429427937
,
1429427930
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xliii, 478 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia 1385-3376 v. 96
Series Statement:
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia v. 96
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hollander, Isaac Jews and Muslims in lower Yemen
DDC:
305.892405309041
Keywords:
Jews Legal status, laws, etc
;
Yemen, South
;
Jews Social conditions
;
20th century
;
Yemen, South
;
Dhimmis (Islamic law) Legal status, laws, etc
;
Yemen, South
;
Jewish-Arab relations History
;
1917-1948
;
Jews Legal status, laws, etc
;
Jewish-Arab relations History 1917-1948
;
Dhimmis (Islamic law) Legal status, laws, etc
;
Jews Social conditions 20th century
;
Electronic books
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Dhimmis (Islamic law) ; Legal status, laws, etc
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Ethnic relations
;
Jewish-Arab relations
;
Jews ; Legal status, laws, etc
;
Jews ; Social conditions
;
Joden
;
Islamieten
;
History
;
Yemen, South Ethnic relations
;
Jemen
;
Juden
;
Yemen, South
;
Yemen, South Ethnic relations
;
Jemen
;
Juden
;
South Yemen
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
Abstract:
Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Style; Lexical Note; Introduction and Plan of Work; Chapter One: Sources and Method; Chapter Two: The Framework; Chapter Three: Foundations of a Working Hypothesis; Chapter Four: The Shaykh and the Aqil; Chapter Five: Jizya Headmanship--and Hayyim Misha; Chapter Six: Yahya Hayyim and Jizya Headmanship; Chapter Seven: Towards a Conclusion: Supplanted Authorities and Reinterpreted Relationships; Chapter Eight: Bilad al-'Adharib and the Bani al-Munifi; Chapter Nine: The Brink of Dhimma: Negotiating with the Bani al-Munifi of Bilad al-'Adharib.
Abstract:
This fascinating microhistory, crafted from documents and oral narratives, provides a rare portrait of pre-1950 rural Yemen while showing how religiously subordinated Jewish villagers strove to pursue their interests without forgoing the protection of the dominant Muslim majority
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-468) and index. - Description based on print version record
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