Explanation of the book
Number of pages: 160 pages
Publisher: Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
"Sheikh Al-Kar" navigates the worlds of Ottoman Damascus, relying on what was recorded by its historians, scholars, and Sufis, drawing a precise map of it, which did not neglect a neighborhood, alley, inn, or Hajj campaign... It also documents the lifestyles of the Damascenes, their political conditions with the governors and notables, and the economic relations that linked them as merchants, craftsmen, nobles, and sheikhs of the Karat, shedding light on their suffering from high prices and monopoly to their bitter struggle with the Bedouins in order to secure their Hajj caravans.
Sheikh Alkar
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