Title A slave between empires a transimperial history of North Africa / M'hamed Oualdi

Published New York Columbia University Press [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages) illustrations, maps Contents A North African Land and Its Ottoman and colonial legacy -- Husayn : an Ottoman reformer and a product of Ottoman reforms -- Husayn's wealth : how to build and protect an estate between empires -- A world of "affairs" : litigation as a tool for negotiation -- The conflicts over Husayn's estate : Ottoman and Italian interventions -- Sovereigns, mothers, and creditors : The agency of Husayn's potential heirs -- Husayn's legacies in colonial Tunisia : an epilogue -- Conclusion : local and imperial histories of the Maghreb Summary "In June 1887, a man known as General Husayn, a manumitted slave turned dignitary in the Ottoman province of Tunis, passed away in Florence after a life crossing empires. As a youth, Husayn was brought from Circassia to Turkey, where he was sold as a slave. In Tunis, he ascended to the rank of general before French conquest forced his exile to the northern shores of the Mediterranean. His death was followed by wrangling over his estate that spanned a surprising array of actors: Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II and his viziers; the Tunisian, French, and Italian governments; and representatives of Muslim and Jewish diasporic communities. A Slave Between Empires investigates Husayn's transimperial life and the posthumous battle over his fortune to recover the transnational dimensions of North African history. M'hamed Oualdi places Husayn within the international context of the struggle between Ottoman and French forces for control of the Mediterranean amid social and intellectual ferment that crossed empires. Oualdi considers this part of the world not as a colonial borderland but as a central space where overlapping imperial ambitions transformed dynamic societies. He explores how the transition between Ottoman rule and European colonial domination was felt in the daily lives of North African Muslims, Christians, and Jews and how North Africans conceived of and acted upon this shift. Drawing on a wide range of Arabic, French, Italian, and English sources, A Slave Between Empires is a groundbreaking transimperial microhistory that demands a major analytical shift in the conceptualization of North African history"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Ḥusayn, Jinirāl, 1828-1887 -- Estate SUBJECT Ḥusayn, Jinirāl, 1828-1887 fast Subject HISTORY -- Africa -- North. HISTORY -- Middle East -- Turkey & Ottoman Empire. Civilization Colonization Decedents' estates Employees International relations SUBJECT Africa, North -- History -- 1517-1882. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001641 Africa, North -- History -- 1882- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001642 Tunisia -- Officials and employees -- Biography Tunisia -- Relations -- Europe Europe -- Relations -- Tunisia Africa, North -- Colonization Africa, North -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006001330 Mediterranean Region -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083231 Subject Europe Mediterranean Region North Africa Tunisia Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780231549554 0231549555

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