IRCICA PUBLICATIONS 1980-2012

RESEARCH IN ISLAMIC CIVILISATIONSOURCES AND STUDIES ON THE HISTORY OF ISLAMIC CIVILISATION INMIDDLE EAST AND ARABIAN PENNISULAPROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONALSYMPOSIUM ONBILAD AL-SHAM DURING THEOTTOMAN ERADAMASCUS, 26-30 SEPTEMBER 2005İstanbul, 2009 (in Arabic and English)(History of Muslim Nations series no; 6)ISBN 978-92-9063-188-0The congress on “Bilad al-Sham during the OttomanEra” was co-organised by IRCICA and the Ministry ofCulture of Syria. It was the first congress to be devoted toBilad al-Sham, corresponding to the region comprisingmodernday Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria and whichalways had a significant place in the political, economicand cultural history of the Ottoman Empire. A widerange of topics were addressed namely state and society,economy, modernisation, education and culture, citiesand infrastructure during the period, as well as the state ofresearch in this field and questions of methodology.The book contains eight articles in English and ten inArabic.Price: US$ 35 (including post)IRCICA PUBLICATIONS 1980-2012 105