Proceedings of the International Conference on Egypt During the Ottoman Era

A total of 24 papers are collected in this volume resulting from the conference that was organized by IRCICA and the Supreme Council of Culture of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They address a wide spectrum of subjectspertainingto the history of Egyptduringthe Ottoman periodincludingadministration, institutions, economy, law, science and technology, cities and architecture. The conference represented an important attempt at understanding the history of Egypt during the Ottoman era. It also presented a road map to researchers about the subjects that should be dealt with in studies. The book includes a number of topics such as society structure, legal reform, the institution of the kadı, waqfs (foundations), the libraries, and folk traditions that can be of interest to the general reader as well as the researcher.