# Ottoman Rule in Damascus, 1708-1758, Vol. 1

By **Karl K Barbir**

- ISBN-13: 9780691643342
- Series: [Princeton Studies On The Near East](https://mybookbandits.com/series/princeton-studies-on-the-near-east)
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 238
- Published: 19 Apr 2016

## About this book

On the basis of new evidence from the Ottoman archives in Istanbul, Karl Barbir challenges the current interpretation of Ottoman rule in Damascus during the eighteenth century. He argues that the prevailing themes of decline and stagnation--usually applied to the entire century--in fact apply only to the latter half of

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