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Document Details : Title: The Syrian Provinces in Ottoman Eyes Subtitle: Three Historians' Representations of Bilad Al-Sham Author(s): DARLING, Linda T. Journal: ARAM Periodical Volume: 10 Issue: 1-2 Date: 1998 Pages: 347-355 DOI: 10.2143/ARAM.10.1.2002147 Abstract : The historiography of Ottoman Syria, unlike most historiographies, has focused with few exceptions on history “from the bottom up”, so to speak, rather than from the top down.1 That is, its history has largely been written from local Arabic sources and is concerned with local events and people. The Ottomans are seen, if at all, as alien invaders who occupy a position above and beyond the events of real interest. But how does Syria of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries appear in sources that deal with the Ottoman Empire as a whole? What place does Syria hold within the larger imperial entity of which it was a part? One way to approach these questions is through the view of Syria conveyed in Ottoman historical chronicles, sources that treat the empire in its larger sense. |
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