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Trade and enterprise : the Muslim Tujjar in the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran, 1860-1914 / Gad G. Gilbar.
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Gilbar, Gad G.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
©2023
Description
xiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm.
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HF3756.Z5 G55 2023
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Muslim merchants
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Middle East
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History
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Middle East
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Commerce
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History
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Middle East
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Economic conditions
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19th century
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Middle East
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Economic conditions
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20th century
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Series
Collected studies
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Variorum collected studies
Summary note
"Until recently, the historiography of Middle Eastern economic elites during the first globalization has ignored the significant role played by Muslim Tujjar (big merchant-entrepreneurs). Foreign firms and local minorities were considered the prime agents of economic change and the initiators of economic growth. The 12 studies in this volume show that the Muslim Tujjar played a major economic role in various regions of the Middle East during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their investments, mainly in commercial agriculture, resulted in economic growth and changed economic structures and social relations in many Middle Eastern communities. They were also involved in political developments, some of which had a dramatic effect on the history of their countries, as for instance in late Qajar Iran. They also played a unique role in the process of cultural change. Although they supported the ulama financially, they also contributed to the establishment of new educational and cultural institutions. The story of the Tujjar is unique in the sense that it was the only indigenous elite group in the pre-World War I Middle East to bridge between traditional forces and concepts and Western attitudes and practices"-- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781032011592
1032011599 ((hardcover))
9781032011608 ((paperback))
1032011602 ((paperback))
LCCN
2022019540
OCLC
1311968166
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