Notes
Salamandra 2004, p. 71-93.
Raymond 1985, p. 43-66.
This summary is synthesized from, among others, Kurayyim 2004; Philipp 2001; Rafeq 1966; Reilly 2002; Schilcher 1985.
Barbir 1984, p. 89ff.
For an overview of this situation see Reilly 1989.
Law Court Records (LCR) Damascus vol. 312, p. 34, doc. 103, 23 Ṣafar 1244/4 Sept. 1828. The fraternal buyers were named Bar’atlī.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 95-96, doc. 273, 14 Ǧumādā I 1244/22 Nov. 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 311, p. 238, doc. 227, 29 Rabīʿ II 1243/19 Nov. 1827.
LCR Damascus vol. 311, p. 334-335, doc. 362, n.d. 1243/1827-1828. As was typical of many waqf transactions, the lease permitted ʿĀ’iša to acquire a type of equity in the leased property (called murṣad) in return for improvements she might make there.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 83, docs. 240-241, 18 Ǧumādā I 1244/26 Nov. 1828.
LCR Damascus, vol. 312, p. 101, doc. 287, 20 Šawwāl 1244/25 April 1829.
E.g., the reference to an overland shipment of cloth from Damascus to Istanbul in LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 86, doc. 248, 4 Ǧumādā II 1244/12 Dec. 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 33-34, doc. 102, 3 Rabīʿ I 1244/ 3 Sept. 1828; p. 76, docs. 221, 11 Ǧumādā I 1244/19 Nov. 1828. Ṣāliḥ Pasha was acting on behalf of his two minor sons.
Grehan 2007, p. 70ff.
Examples of notable and commoner possession of grain warehouses include: LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 30, doc. 93, 14 Ṣafar 1244 / 26 Aug. 1828; p. 40, doc. 120, 16 Muḥarram 1244/29 July 1828; p. 59, doc. 173, 9 Rabīʿ II 1244/19 Oct. 1828; p. 85, doc. 246, 5 Ǧumādā I 1244/13 Nov. 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 36-37, doc. 107, 28 Ṣafar 1244/9 Sept. 1828; p. 53, doc. 161, 10 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/23 June 1828; p. 182-183, doc. 472, 26 Ṣafar 1244/7 Sept. 1828. Typically the mills were ultimately or nominally the property of waqf-s. Because mills were expensive to run and they required ongoing maintenance and input, their operators usually acquired murṣad equity in these properties even though formal title remained with the endowment. For a detailed and typical example, see LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 36-37, doc. 107, 28 Ṣafar 1244/9 Sept. 1828.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 11, doc. 37, 20 Muḥarram 1244/2 Aug. 1828; p. 80, doc. 231, 4 Ǧumādā I 1244/12 Nov. 1828.
See Douwes 2008 and Tucker 1998, passim.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 130-31, doc. 357, 7 Raǧab 1244/13 January 1829.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 112-113, doc. 311, 26 Ǧumādā II 1244/3 January 1829.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 113/114 (ambiguous pagination), doc. 312, 25 Ǧumādā I 1244/3 December 1828.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 18, doc. 56, 16 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/29 June 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 112-113, doc. 311, 26 Ǧumādā II 1244/3 January 1829.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 18, doc. 57, 15 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/28 June 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 17, doc. 55, 28 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/11 July 1828; LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 21, doc. 66, āḫir Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/13 July 1828; LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 108-109, doc. 302, 13 Ǧumādā II 1244/21 December 1828; LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 66, doc. 192, 1 Ṣafar 1244/13 August 1828; p. 120-121, doc. 330, 10 Ǧumādā I 1244/18 November 1828; LCR Damascus, vol. 312, p. 48, doc. 146, 29 Ṣafar 1244/10 September 1828; LCR Damascus, vol. 312, p. 72, doc. 208, 25 Rabīʿ II 1244/4 November 1828; LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 7, doc. 20, 8 Ḏal-ū al-Qaʿda 1243/22 May 1828; LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 99, doc. 282, 28 Ǧumādā II 1244/5 January 1829.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 99, doc. 282, 28 Ǧumādā II 1244/5 January 1829.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 66, doc. 192, 1 Ṣafar 1244/13 August 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 113/114 (ambiguous pagination), doc. 312, 25 Ǧumādā I 1244/3 December 1828; LCR Damascus, vol. 312, p. 72, doc. 208, 25 Rabīʿ II 1244/4 November 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 108-109, doc. 302, 13 Ǧumādā II 1244/21 December 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 7, doc. 20, 8 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1243/22 May 1828.
LCR Damascus, vol. 312, p. 48, doc. 146, 29 Ṣafar 1244/10 September 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 19, doc. 61, 20 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1243/3 June 1828; p. 20, doc. 62, 15 Muḥarram 1244/28 July 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 26, doc. 82, 10 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1243/24 May 1828; doc. 83, 12 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1243/26 May 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 3, doc. 5, 10 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1243/24 May 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 10, doc. 32, 8 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/21 June 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 60, doc. 63, 27 Muḥarram 1244/9 August 1828.
The extramural quarter is identified as al-Šuwayka. LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 44, doc. 135, 18 Ṣafar 1244/30 August 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 17, doc. 53, 18 Muḥarram 1244/31 July 1828.
Schilcher 1985, p. 111.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, doc. 85, 23 Ṣafar 1244/4 September 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 55-56, doc. 165, 6 Rabīʿ I 1244/16 September 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 54-55, doc. 164, 19 Rabīʿ I 1244/29 September 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 4, doc. 12, 16 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/29 June 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 9, doc. 26, 25 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1243/8 June 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 109-110, doc. 305, 2 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1243/15 June 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 164-165, doc. 443, 22 Rabīʿ I 1244/2 October 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 165, doc. 444, 14 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1244/18 May 1829.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 311, p. 326-327, doc. 251, 29 Šaʿbān 1243/16 March 1828; vol. 312, p. 49-50, doc. 152, 9 Muḥarram 1244/22 July 1828.
LCR Damascus vol. 312, p. 94-95, doc. 271, 14 Ǧumādā I 1244/22 December 1828; p. 107, doc. 300, p. 107, 1 Raǧab 1244/7 January 1829.
Contemporary authors attest to this development. Qasāṭilī (1879) references new fashions in clothing and domestic architecutre. Al-Qayātī (1882) discusses new residential houses, and Sāmī (1890) points to changes in domestic architecture and furnishings. Qasāṭilī, Rawḍa, p. 95-97, 126; Al-Qayātī, Nafḥat, p. 125, 137-138; Sāmī, Qawl, p. 81-83.
LCR Damascus vol. 597, p. 183-184, doc. 149, 27 Rabīʿ I 1286/7 July 1869; p. 240, doc. 195, 5 Rabīʿ II 1287/5 July 1870.
LCR Damascus vol. 703, p. 147, doc. 317, 8 Rabī ʿ I 1296/2 March 1879; vol. 711, p. 160, doc. 121, 24 Šaʿbān 1296/13 August 1879; p. 184, 17 Šawwāl 1296/4 October 1879; p. 211-212, doc. 234, 27 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1296/12 November 1879. The Director (mudīr) of the Orphans’ Fund is identified as a judge in LCR Damascus vol. 711, p. 150-151, doc. 100, 22 Šaʿbān 1296 / 11 August 1879.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 711, p. 211-212, doc. 234, 27 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1296/12 November 1879; vol. 862, unnumbered page, doc. 39, 17 Rabīʿ II 1306/21 December 1888; doc. 93, 20 Ramaḍān 1306/20 May 1889; doc. 217, 10 Muḥarram 1306/16 September 1888; vol. 1121, unnumbered page, doc. 104, 9 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1317/11 March 1900.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 597, p. 197, doc. 159, 17 Šaʿbān 1286/22 November 1869; vol. 606, p. 90-91, doc. 130, āḫir Raǧab 1286/5 November 1869.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 597, pp. 15-16, doc. 10, 19 Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 1286/22 March 1870; p. 55-56, doc. 44, 12 Rabīʿ II 1286/22 July 1869.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 597, p. 99-100, doc. 78, n.d. 1286/1869-70; p. 120, doc. 97, 2 Ǧumādā II 1286/9 September 1869; p. 155, doc. 124, 20 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1286/21 February 1870; vol. 603, p. 6, doc. 6, 16 Ṣafar 1286/28 May 1869; vol. 862, n.p., doc. 15, 7 Muḥarram 1306/13 September 1888.
E.g., LCR Damascus vol. 597, p. 105-106, doc. 84, 2 Raǧab 1286/8 October 1869; vol. 614, doc. 138, p. 77-78, 20 Ǧumādā II 1286/27 September 1869.
Schilcher 1985, p. 213.
LCR Damascus vol. 597, p. 113-114, doc. 90, 11 Raǧab 1286/17 October 1869; p. 141-143, doc. 113, 17 Šawwāl 1286 /20 January 1870; p. 147-148, doc. 117, 9 Šawwāl 1286/12 January 1870; p. 165-166, doc. 133, 16 Šaʿbān 1286/21 November 1869; p. 202-203, doc. 164, 15 Ramaḍān 1286/19 December 1869; p. 203, doc. 165, 17 Šaʿbān 1286/22 November 1869; p. 204-205, doc. 166, 8 Ramaḍān 1286/12 December 1869; p. 186-188, doc. 151, 11 Ḏū al-Qaʿda 1286/12 February 1870.
Weber 2004, I, p. 51-56.
Salamandra 2004, p. 105-118.
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