Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Shiism in the Ottoman empire: between confessional ambiguity and administrative pragmatism; 2. The invention of Lebanon: Ottoman governance in the coastal highlands, 1568–1636; 3. Mount Lebanon under Shiite rule: the Hamada 'Emirate,' 1641–85; 4. The reshaping of authority: the Shiites and the state in crisis, 1685–99; 5. Jabal 'Amil in the Ottoman period: the origins of 'South Lebanon', 1666–1781; 6. From dependence to redundancy: the decline of Shiite rule in Tripoli and the Bekaa, 1699–1788; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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This book offers a perspective on the previously ignored history of the Shiites as a constituent of Lebanese society.