Memories of the Beloved”

Oral Histories From the 1916–19 Siege of Medina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8965080
AutoresAlia El Bakri (autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Volumen46
Número4
Páginas703-718
Fecha de publicación2014-10-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020743814001020
OpenAlexW2151669415
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas18

This article analyzes interviews related to the 1916–19 Sharifian siege of Medina that were published in a collection on the city's history by Saudi Arabian historian Ahmad Murshid. These oral histories narrate how Fakhri Pasha (Turkish: Fahreddin), the Ottoman military commander stationed in Medina during the siege, expelled residents from their homes, strictly controlled the supply of food in the city, and managed military operations out of the Holy Mosque of the Prophet Muhammad. The article seeks to explore the perspective of ordinary civilians who experienced the siege, a perspective largely missing from the literature on the subject. The interviews are positioned here as a valuable historical source for understanding the impact of the siege on these individuals and on their families, communities, and identities. Their memories underscore the interviewees’ deep attachment to their city, as well as to their identity as madanī s and as legitimate narrators of Medina's history

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Identity (music · Mythology · Oral history · Pasha · Perspective (graphical · Siege · Subject (documents · Turkish · Visual arts · Classics · History · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy