The Shi‘ite ‘ulama` the madrasas, and Educational Reform in the Late Ottoman Period

Authors : Rula Jurdi ABİSAAB

Pages : 157-185

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Publication Date : 2010-12-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Jabal ‘Amil’s history is associated with renowned Shi‘ite madrasas insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(schools); and illustrious jurists who left their mark on the history of Twelver Shi‘ite law and jurisprudence. Jabal ‘Amil was part of the coastal range of Syria that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to Jabal al-Shaykh in the east and from Jabal al-Rihan in the north to Jabal al-Karmil in the south.1 Jabal ‘Amil was shared during the Ottoman period by two governorships, namely, the sancak insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(region); of Sidon-Beirut which covered the northern districts and the sancak of Safad which covered the southern districts. Both belonged to the eyalet insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(province); of Damascus.2 This study throws light on the socio-economic conditions in Jabal ‘Amil during the late Ottoman period, the complex relations of its Shi‘ite ‘ulama’ to the state, and their approaches to Ottoman educational modernism.
Keywords : Shiite, madrasas, Jabal