TURKISH
PALESTINE (1069-1917)
Inscriptions
from al-Khalil (Hebron), Nebi Musa
and Other
Palestinian Cities Under Turkish Rule
By Mehmet Tütüncü
CORPUS OF TURKISH ISLAMIC
INSCRIPTIONS nr. 2
TÜRK İSLAM KİTABELERİ
DİZİSİ no: 2
ISBN 978-90-6921-004-9
SOTA Publications, 2008
Haarlem, Netherlands.
With 163 illustrations and 3
maps.
320 pages.
Price: 59.
For ordering please download the Book order forum
From the Year 1069 until 1917 Turks Ruled in
Greater Parts of Middle East and also in todays Palestine. First The Seljukids,
Artuqids and Zangids and later Mamluks and lastly Ottomans. But despite this
nearly 850 years long rule the Turkish heritage and contribution is often
overlooked and underestimated in the literature. One of the most significant
and visible heritage in the sacred landscape of Palestine are the building
activities and inscriptions that are fixed in these buildings. This book is a follow up to the in 2006 published Turkish Jerusalem
(1516-1917), Ottoman Inscriptions from Jerusalem and Other Palestinian Cities,
(ISBN 90-807403-4-9). Was in the
first volume recorded 122 inscriptions from Jerusalem and 18
inscriptions outside Jerusalem; in this second volume 134 inscriptions are
recorded from towns outside Jerusalem and 9 from Jerusalem. Also the time range is also wider, was in TJ almost all inscriptions
from Ottoman times, this volume covers inscriptions from the entrance of the
first Turkish rule (1069) of the
Saljukids to the end of the Ottoman empire (1917). So therefore the title of Turkish
Palestine (1069-1917) is justified.
The
earliest inscription is from the year 476/1083 (Jerusalem nr. 123). From next places and next number of
inscriptions are included. Hebron (73),
Safed (12), Nabi Musa (7) Ramle (8), Nablus (5), Lod (5), Yavne (4),
Jaffa (8), and from Tanturah, Haifa,
Beysan, Azariya, Herzlya, Isdud, Dimra and Qalat Subaybah (1) inscription.
There are also recorded 9 inscriptions from Jerusalem that were missed in the
first volume (9) inscriptions. Each inscription is accompanied by high quality
photograps and commentary on subject and form of inscription. The book is
accompanied by a cd-rom with digital versions of photographs, so that one can
compare the readings in details.
Download sample pages of the book in pdf.
You can also read an arabic review from AL-Quds (7 february 2009) by Khadr el Shahabiy
For
ordering you can contact SOTA sota@wanadoo.nl or
write to next adress SOTA Postbus 9642 2003 LP Haarlem Netherlands
