A Tale of Two Factions SCIENCE / Weights & Measures

A Tale of Two Factions SCIENCE / Weights & MeasuresReevaluates the foundation myths of two rival factions in Egypt during the Ottoman era. Winner of the 2003 Ohio Academy of History Outstanding Publication Award This revisionist study reevaluates the origins and foundation myths of the Faqaris and Qasimis, two rival factions that divided Egyptian society during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Egypt was the largest province in the Ottoman Empire. In answer to the enduring mystery

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