Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xv
4. TABLES xvii
5. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
6. CHAPTER II. LANDHOLDING IN EGYPT BEFORE THE FRENCH OCCUPATION 20
7. CHAPTER III. CHANGES IN EGYPTIAN LAND TENURE: 1798–1815 37
8. CHAPTER IV. MUHAMMAD 'ALI AND LANDHOLDING REFORM AFTER 1815 61
9. CHAPTER V. ADMINISTRATION OF EGYPT UNDER MUHAMMAD 'ALI 75
10. CHAPTER VI. THE FAILURE OF THE EGYPTIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM: CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION 105
11. CHAPTER VII. THE FAILURE OF THE EGYPTIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM: FINANCES 119
12. CHAPTER VIII. AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES UNDER MUHAMMAD 'ALI 137
13. CHAPTER IX. TRADE AND AGRICULTURE 171
14. CHAPTER X. INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE 191
15. CHAPTER XI. MILITARY SERVICE AND AGRICULTURE 201
16. CHAPTER XII. IRRIGATION 213
17. CHAPTER XIII. CONCLUSION 250
18. APPENDIX I. LAND USE IN EGYPT, 1844: ITS DIVISION AMONG LANDHOLDERS, CROPS, AND REVENUES 255
19. APPENDIX II. THE AREA OF CULTIVABLE LAND IN EGYPT 265
20. APPENDIX III. TRANSLATION OF A NOTICE FROM THE DIVAN ROODAWAY AT ALEXANDRIA 271
21. APPENDIX IV. TRANSLATION OF A SECRET PRINTED “CIRCULAR” ADDRESSED TO THE CHIEFS OF ALL THE DISTRICTS IN EGYPT, DATED ALEXANDRIA THE END OF RAMADAN (19 FEBRUARY 1833) 273
22. APPENDIX V. CONSCRIPTION 274
23. APPENDIX VI. THE POPULATION OF EGYPT DURING THE REIGN OF MUHAMMAD 'ALI 278
24. APPENDIX VII. IRRIGATION WORKS CARRIED OUT BY MUHAMMAD 'ALI 281
25. BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTES GLOSSARY COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DATES INDEX
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 291
27. NOTES 314
28. GLOSSARY 361
29. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN DATES 369
30. INDEX 371