Library of Middle East History
1 primary work • 2 total works
Book 2
Under Ottoman rule, the city of Haifa, located at the southern point of the largest bay on the coast of what today is Israel, was transformed from a scarcely-inhabited fortress town to a major modern city. This book details the history of Haifa under the Ottomans during the period 1516-1918. Alex Carmel uses a variety of original sources to uncover the realities of life in Haifa under Ottoman rule and paints a vivid picture of the development of the city in this era. Carmel's work has become the benchmark of the historiography of Israel's third largest city and remains to this day, the best-known and most highly-regarded survey of Haifa under Ottoman rule. This, the first English edition of 'Ottoman Haifa', will be essential reading for all historians of the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East.
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Haifa is the third most important city in Israel and perhaps the most diverse of Israeli towns. After Acre, the nearby fortress, was severely damaged in 1799, Haifa gradually replaced it as the capital of Northern Palestine. Written by a resident and scholar of the city of Haifa in Israel, this book describes the city's history.