Revisiting the anti- mushā ʿ reforms in the levant
Origins, scale and outcomes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12533463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amos Nadan (0000-0002-7471-1396, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 595-611 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1353-0194 • E-ISSN: 1469-3542 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13530194.2018.1533451 |
| OpenAlex | W2897714554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The historiography of the abolition of repartitioned mushāʿ—the practice of parcels substitution among cultivators in peasant communities—is mistakenly traced back to the Ottoman Land Code of 1858. Neither that Code, nor Ottoman land registration, attempted the abolition of this type of mushāʿ. It was instead the abolition ordinances of the British and French Mandatory governments during the 1920s which began a conflict over land titles. The common estimates of that time suggest about 50 per cent of the lands in the Levant were held under repartitioned mushāʿ, but this was an exaggeration for most localities. French officials in Syria and Lebanon were not unanimous in opposing mushāʿ and in practice resorted to a laissez-faire policy. The British, however, annulled the legal titles to large areas of repartitioned mushāʿ lands in Palestine and Transjordan, wrongly believing this would increase investment in and productivity of cultivated lands. Their view was backed by Zionist experts, possibly due to the realization that the abolition of mushāʿ would facilitate Jewish land purchases
Ancient history · Archaeology · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Exaggeration · Geography · Historiography · Judaism · Peasant · Political science · Productivity · Scale (ratio · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |