HALİLÜRRAHMAN’IN DURA KÖYÜNDE 1863 YILINDA YAŞANAN BİR AŞAYİŞ MESELESİ
A PUBLIC SECURITY ISSUE OCCURRING IN 1863 IN DURA VILLAGE OF AL-HALIL (HEBRON)

Summary/Abstract: The means of living of the villages taking place around the Holy Cities in Palestine were mainly based agriculture and animal husbandry. Called as “Şeyhül’l-Karye” by the settled public in the villages, the sheikhs of the villages regulated the relationships of the villages in this area with the provincial government and centre of the state. Namely, the Ottoman centralized administration and the rural administrators in Palestine held this people responsible on such issues as tax collection. At the same time, these people were also held responsible for the public security and social order in villages. Due to these responsibilities of the sheikhs of the villages, it was followed meticulously whether they fulfilled their duties, whether they collected the taxes at the right time and submitted them to the tax collectors,and most importantly, whether they maintained security. If adverse developments took place, On the negative situations occurring, another sheikh from a different family (if available) was appointed as the sheikh of the village. The present study addresses the reasons, development, and conclusions of a conflict over sheikdom that broke out in 1863 between two groups living in Dura. Fortt he study Ottoman Archives of Prime Ministry in Istanbul were used.

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