Murder, Mayhem, Pillage and Plunder: The History of the Lebanon in the 18th and 19th Centuries (English and Arabic Edition)
ISBN-13:
9780887067129
ISBN-10:
0887067123
Author:
W.M. Thackston, Mikhayil Mishaqa
Publication date:
1988
Publisher:
State Univ of New York Pr
Format:
Hardcover
330 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780887067129
ISBN-10:
0887067123
Author:
W.M. Thackston, Mikhayil Mishaqa
Publication date:
1988
Publisher:
State Univ of New York Pr
Format:
Hardcover
330 pages
Summary
Murder, Mayhem, Pillage and Plunder: The History of the Lebanon in the 18th and 19th Centuries (English and Arabic Edition) (ISBN-13: 9780887067129 and ISBN-10: 0887067123), written by authors
W.M. Thackston, Mikhayil Mishaqa, was published by State Univ of New York Pr in 1988.
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The author's analysis of the internecine strife and fierce clan rivalry rampant in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries puts into perspective the turmoil into which the Lebanon has fallen today. This translation comprises the memoirs of several generations of the Mishaqa family. The author, Mikhayil Mishaqa (1800-1888), a many-faceted individual, was raised in Dayr al-Qamar, then the princely seat of Mount Lebanon, apprenticed as a merchant in Damietta, Egypt. He served as financial comptroller to the Shihab emirs of Hasbayya and in his later years was a physician and consul to the United States in Damascus.
Mishaqa gives a vivid picture of life and history during the period. From his position he was privy to political deliberations and knew intimately the clan chiefs, pashas and princes who were the principal agents of change. The book contains information unavailable elsewhere of importance to political and social historians, on life during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Large portions of the original text that are of particular interest for the study of the interaction of the various ethno-religious groups that inhabit the area, were at one time expunged from the printed Arabic version as too sensitive, but are included in this comprehensive English translation.
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