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Turkish, Ayhan Ceylan), “Moroccan-Ottoman Relations andthe Caliphate Conflict at the Beginning of 20th Century” (inArabic, Abdallah al-Targhi), “The Arabs of the Altin Region,Sign of Rapprochemet between the Albanian Coast and theCoasts of North Africa during the Ottoman Period, 1571-1880” (in Arabic, Mohammed Arnaout), “From Turkish toMoor: False Friends of Modern Europe?” (in French, JoslyneDakhlia), “The ‘Maghreb Caliphate’ between Colonialismand Panislamism” (Nurullah Ardıç), “The Local Socialand Political Dimensions of Turkish-Ottoman Presence inthe Great Maghreb during the 16th Century” (in Arabic,Abdelhamid Houneyya).The session relating to economy and architecture comprisedpapers on various aspects of commerce in the region;the papers on architecture studied the effect of Ottomanarchitecture in the region and new themes in Maghrebianarchitecture during the period. The papers were: “BookPrices in Algiers during the Ottoman Period” (in Arabic,Khlifa Hammache), “French Merchants and Ottoman Lawin the Western Mediterranean. The Evidence of a Manuscriptfrom Bibliothèque Nationale de France” (Viorel Panaite),“German Trade in the Mediterranean According to GermanArchives: Challenges and Obstacles to Development” (inArabic, Abdulraouf Sinno), “Ottoman Influence on theArchitecture of North Africa” (in Turkish, Selçuk Seçkin),“New Perspectives of Research on Maghrebian Architecturein the Otoman Period” (in French, Ahmed Saadaoui).The papers of the congress session on “Western Mediterraneanbetween Confrontation and Communication” focused onseveral specific subjects, including navies, slavery, and Muslimpilgrims. The papers were: “Moroccan-Algerian MaritimeRelations (16th-18th centuries): between Complementarityand Competition” (in Arabic, Hassan Emili), “ChristianPrisoners in North Africa during the Ottoman PeriodAccording to the French Press” (in Arabic, Wafa Masmoudi),“From the Slave Markets in the Maghreb to the Esir Pazarlariof Turkey: Reflections on Slavery in the Mediterranean (inFrench, Frédéric Hitzel), “Maghrebian Pilgrims during theOttoman Era and the Egyptian Pilgrims Caravan” (in Turkish,Özen Tok), “The Maghreb of Djaouan’ and the Rulers of theMaghreb during the Ottoman Period” (in Arabic, NouzhaAkili), “The Navies of Maghrebian Wilayas and the OttomanNavy” (in Arabic, Abdelhafed al-Tabaili).The session titled “Between Localism and Centralism”received the following contributions: “Different Readings ofthe Epistle of Natives of Andalusia to the Ottoman Sultan”(in Arabic, Faisal Abdullah al-Kandari), “The AlgerianQuestion in Moroccan-Ottoman Relations between the 16thand 18th Centuries” (in Arabic, Abderrahim Benhadda),“Strengthening a Provincial Power and an ImperialSupervision. The Mamluks of the Beys of Tunis Sent onMission to Istanbul – Second Half of the 18th Centuryand First Half of the 19th Century” (in French, M’hamedOualdi), “The Ottoman Empire, the Maghreb and Hungary”(in French, Lazlo Nagy), “Algeria at the Beginning of the19th Century According top French Documents” (in Arabic,Mohammed Kheddari).As to the session on “Maghreb in World History”, ithighlighted various aspects of diplomatic relations duringthe different centuries, and the Ottoman sources on thehistories of the Maghreb and the Western Mediterranean.The papers were titled: “Protection of the Refugee Emir:a Mediterranean Diplomatic Asset in the 16th and 17thCenturies” (in Arabic, Abderrahmane el-Moudden), “NewAxes in World History: Incorporating the Maghrib andWestern Mediterranean into the Historical Narrative of theOttoman Period” (Gavin Brockett), “Inter-Muslim Relationsin the Face of Globalisation of Conflicts: Ottoman-MoroccanRelations during the First World War” (in French, OdileMoreau), “The Otoman Caliphate, German and MaghrebianActivists – 1914-1918” (in Turkish, Mehmet Suat Mertoğlu).A communiqué was issued by the participants at the closingsession, recommending that meetings such as this conferencebe held periodically, that the proceedings of this conferencebe published as soon as possible, and that cooperation amongresearchers of the field be promoted. (Report by Dr. CengizTomar, IRCICA)IRCICA Activities10 Newsletter September -December 2009, No: 80
“YEMEN DURING THE OTTOMAN ERA”Congress, Sana’aUnder the patronage of the President of YemenH.E. Ali Abdullah Saleh, IRCICA and theNational Archives of Yemen have jointly organisedan international congress on “Yemen during theOttoman Era” which took place on 16-17 December2009 in the capital city Sana’a. Twenty-eightparticipants, fourteen from Yemen and fourteenfrom Turkey, presented papers.The congress was opened by the Prime Ministerof Yemen H.E. Mr. Ali Mohammed Mujawar, withwords of appreciation of the academic cooperationbeing developed between countries. The PrimeMinister underlined the importance of studiesin history based on archive documents. He dwelton the issue of the approach adopted in studyinghistory, emphasizing the importance of objectiveand positive approaches.Then, Mr. Ali Ahmed Abu Rijal, Director General of theYemen National Archives, co-Chairman of the congressorganising committee, spoke of the Ottoman-Yemenexperience of co-existence and its continuing traces. Heinformed the audience on the active cooperation betweenthe National Archives of Yemen, IRCICA, and the TurkishPrime Ministry’s Ottoman Archives. He said that the historyof Yemen during the Ottoman period has to be re-written.Dr. Halit Eren, Director General of IRCICA, co-Chairmanof the organising committee, delivered an address in whichhe spoke studies in history in general and IRCICA’s activitiesin particular.The opening ceremony was attended by Mr. AbdulkarimIryani, political advisor to the President of Yemen, Mr.Abdulaziz Makalli, cultural advisor to the president of Yemen,the Minister of Information Mr. Hasan Ahmad al-Lawzi; theMinister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mr.Salih Ali Ba Sura; the Minister of Religious Endowmentand Islamic Affairs, Mr. Hamud Abd al-Hamid al-Hitar; theDrafting of the recommendations: Dr. Halit Eren, M. Abu Rijal,Dr. Cengiz Tomar, M. Yasin Ahmed el-TamimiPresentation of a publication of IRCICA to the Prime Minister of YemenMr. M. Ali MujawarMinister of Finance, Mr. Numan Salih Suhaybi, the Minister ofIndustry and Trade, Mr. Y. Yahya al-Mutawakil; the Ministerof Culture, Mr. M. Abu Bakr al-Maflahi; the Ambassador ofTurkey Mr. Mehmet Dönmez, the Ambassador of LebanonMr. Hasan Abu Kir, and ambassadors of other countriesaccredited in Sana’a.The first paper, by the Minister of Higher Education ofYemen Dr. Salih Ali Ba Sura, dealt with “Documentation ofthe Ottoman presence in Yemen”, underlining the importantrole played by the National Archives of Yemen and theTurkish Prime Ministry’s Ottoman Archives in providingthe sources for these studies. Then, Prof. Ahmet Kavas fromIstanbul University spoke of the relations carried out bythe Ottoman Empire with the Indian Ocean and SouthernAsia passing from Yemen. Dr. Abdulkarim Hijri from theUniversity of Sana’a dealt with the Ottoman administrationin Yemen in its early phase under Jafar Pasha. Dr.Mohammed Said Dawud from Hadramout University spokeof the beneficial consequences of Ottoman administration inYemen including protection from foreign colonisation. Dr.İdris Bostan, historian of navigation fromIstanbul, presented a paper on the role playedby the Suez and Moha ports in the Ottoman-Portuguese armed conflicts.In the second session, Prof. S. Mustafa Salimfrom Sana’a University reviewed, on the basisof Sayyid Fadl Alawi’s letter to the SublimePorte, attempts of integration directed atthe Arabian peninsula. Prof. Mehmet İpşirlifrom Fatih University (Istanbul) examined,in his paper, Ebu Said Ahmed Raşid’s worktitled Tarih-i Yemen ve San’a; another studyof a source was by Dr. Mustafa Küçükaşcı, onQutb al-Din al-Nahrawali al-Makki and hisIRCICA ActivitiesSeptember -December 2009, No: 80 Newsletter 11
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