Vol. 9 No. 009 (2019): Issue 009

غلاف العدد 9 من دورية أسطور

Issue 9 of Ostour for Historical Studies (2019) includes the following studies and articles: “Time Bandits: A Study of the Development of European Mentalities during the Renaissance” (Khaled Tahtah); “A Toponymical Reading of the Africa Gate of Idrissi Fez” (Elhassane Laghraib); “Seghir Ben Youssef al-Baji: Between the Science of History and the Science of Biography” (Jamel bentahar); “A Debate on Paul Wittek's Thesis about the Rise of Ottoman Empire” (Anis A. Mahmoud); “From the History of Ruling Dynasties to the History of the Present” (Abdel-Rahman al-Mouden); “The Contribution of India's Muslims to Religious Endowments and Charitable Works in Palestine - A Historical Study Based on British Documents” (Sahibe Alam Azami Nadwi); “Role of the Israeli Communist Party in the Nakba” (Mahmoud Muhareb); “The Power in the Story” (Michel-Rolph Trouillot); “A Spanish Document on Redemption of Captives in Salé 1632” (Mohamed Abdel Moumen); “The second part of the Ostour seminar”; “The Impact of the Balfour Declaration inside and outside Palestine over one year” (Johnny Mansour); “The Leaderships of the Arab Movement and the Balfour Declaration (1917-1920)” (Fathi Lissir); “The Role of Herbert Samuel in Instituting and Implementing the Balfour Declaration 1914-1925” (Mohammed Majid Al-Hazmawi); “Revisions of Ottoman Turkish History: A Reading of We and Our History by Ilbert Ortayli” (Abderrahim Benhadda); “Review of the Stirring Times or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853-1856 by James Finn.” (Salih Alshora); “Review of The Movement of Algerian Youth at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by Nikolay Dyakov” (Nafissa Douida).

Published: 2019-01-01

Studies

  • Time Bandits: A Study of the Development of European Mentalities during the Renaissance

    Author: Khaled Tahtah
    7-26

    The issue of changes in mentality between the Middle Ages and the modern period has consistently engaged historians; in particular Jacques Le Goff, who worked on the issue of the development of...

  • A Toponymical Reading of the Africa Gate of Idrissi Fez

    Author: Elhassane Laghraib
    28-43

    Islamic cities were walled after their construction with to protect the new settlement as well as ensure the authorities were safe from anyone seeking to undermine their control of areas near...

  • Seghir Ben Youssef al-Baji: Between the Science of History and the Science of Biography

    Author: Jamel bentahar
    45-62

    This study offers a new perspective on Mahammad Ben Mohamed Seghir Ben Youssef al-Baji (1697-1771) and his book Al-Mashra' al-Mullki fi Sultanat Awlad Ali Turki. It does this by investigating...

  • A Debate on Paul Wittek's Thesis about the Rise of Ottoman Empire

    Author: Anis A. Mahmoud
    63-87

    The Ghaza or Ghazi thesis of Austrian historian Paul Wittek (189(-1978) remained the most powerful theory to explain the rise and expansion of the Ottoman Empire until it began to face severe...

  • From the History of Ruling Dynasties to the History of the Present

    Author: Abdel-Rahman al-Mouden
    88-104

    This article deals with the development of history writing in Morocco from the history of ruling dynasties to the history of the present. This development is divided into three stages: the...

  • The Contribution of India's Muslims to Religious Endowments and Charitable Works in Palestine - A Historical Study Based on British Documents

    Author: Sahibe Alam Azami Nadwi
    105-131

    This paper analyzes the religious and political aspects of the relationship between Muslim India and Palestine during India's Islamic and colonial periods. It does this through an investigation...

  • Role of the Israeli Communist Party in the Nakba

    Author: Mahmoud Muhareb
    133-158

    Based on Israeli Communist Party documents, this paper discusses the role of the party in the Nakba. It focuses on the main factors that contributed to the party's support, on the eve of the...

Documents and Texts

  • A Spanish Document on Redemption of Captives in Salé 1632

    Author: Mohamed Abdel Moumen
    215-227

    Following the expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain in 1609, a group of them settled at the mouth of the Bou Regreg river in the city now called Rabat. These exiles were able to rebuild the city...

Translations

  • The Power in the Story

    Author: Michel-Rolph Trouillot
    161-182

    Words are not concepts and concepts are not words: between the two are the layers of theory accumulated throughout the ages. But theories are built on words and with words. Thus it is not...

Book Reviews

  • Revisions of Ottoman Turkish History: A Reading of We and Our History by Ilbert Ortayli

    Author: Abderrahim Benhadda
    185-193

    Review of the Arabic translation of Ilbert Ortayli's Tarihimiz ve biz.

  • Review of the Stirring Times or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1853-1856 by James Finn.

    Author: Salih Alshora
    195-202

    المؤلف: جيمس فِن. ترجمة: جمال أبو غيدا. تقديم: جوني منصور. عنوان الكتاب: أزمنة مثيرة: وقائع من سجلات القنصلية البريطانية في بيت المقدس (1856-1853) الناشر: المؤسسة العربية للدراسات والنشر -...

  • Review of The Movement of Algerian Youth at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century by Nikolay Dyakov

    Author: Nafissa Douida
    204-211

    المؤلف: نيكولاي دياكوف المترجم: عبد العزيز بوباكير. المراجع: مصطفى ماضي. التقديم: أحسن بشاني. عنوان الكتاب: حركة الفتيان الجزائريين في مطلع القرن العشرين. الناشر: دار أمدوكال، الجزائر. سنة...

Ostour Symposium

  • The second part of the Ostour seminar

    231-233

    The second part of the Ostour Journal for Historical Studies seminar “One Hundred Years Since the Balfour Declaration” is published in this issue as part of the Fifth Annual Conference for...

  • The Impact of the Balfour Declaration inside and outside Palestine over one year

    Author: Johnny Mansour
    234-251

    From its publication November 2, 2017 to the opening of the Conference of Versailles January 19, 1919

  • The Leaderships of the Arab Movement and the Balfour Declaration (1917-1920)

    Author: Fathi Lissir
    252-268

    لقد كتب كثير عن وعد بلفور، بل إن هذا الحدث، كما يقال، قُتل بحثًا. ولكن ذكرى مئوية هذا الحدث، كما سائر المئويات، تمثّل - مثلما هو معلوم - مناسبة للباحثين والمؤرخين كي يعودوا إليه ليستأنفوا الحفر...

  • The Role of Herbert Samuel in Instituting and Implementing the Balfour Declaration 1914-1925

    Author: Mohammed Majid Al-Hazmawi
    269-287

    عندما نشبت الحرب العالمية الأولى عام 1914 نظر إليها زعماء الصهيونية على أنها فرصة لتحقيق أهداف الحركة الصهيونية بمساعدة إحدى الدول الأوروبية، على الرغم من أنّ الصهيونية اتخذت في بداية الحرب...