TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
3. INTRODUCTION ix
4. OTTOMAN SOURCES FOR THE HISTORY OF THE HIJAZ 1
5. THE RECENT HISTORIOGRAPHY OF WESTERN ARABIA: A CRITICALEXAMINATION 15
6. THE FINANCIAL BASIS OF OTTOMAN RULE IN THE HIJAZ, 1840-1877 23
7. OTTOMAN SUBSIDIES TO THE HIJAZ 1877-1886 43
8. THE COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF THE HIJAZ VILAYET, 1840-1908 53
9. MUSLIM-EUROPEAN CONFLICT IN THE HIJAZ: THE SLAVETRADE CONTROVERSY, 1840-1895 77
10. THE JIDDA MASSACRE OF 1858 93
11. IRONIC ORIGINS: ARAB NATIONALISM IN THE HIJAZ, 1882-1914 111
12. THE VILAYET OF SYRIA, 1901-1914: A REEXAMINATION OF DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS AS SOURCES 125
13. THE IMPACT OF OTTOMAN RULE ON YEMEN, 1849-1914 151
14. THE FINANCING OF THE HIJAZ RAILROAD 163
15. OPPOSITION TO POLITICAL CENTRALIZATION IN SOUTH JORDAN AND THE HIJAZ, 1900-1914 183
16. THE HAMIDIYE HIJAZ RAILWAY, 1900-18 193
17. ISLAM ANDTHEOTTOMAN LEGACY IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST 207