Petitioning the Sultan : protests and justice in late Ottoman Palestine, 1865-1908

Introduction 1. The Ottoman Institution of Petitions to the Ruler in Global and Islamic Perspectives 2. General Features of the Petitions 3. Petitions by the Urban Population of Gaza and Jaffa 4. Petitions by the Rural Population and the Bedouins 5. Requests by Ottoman Officials Serving in Palestine 6. Social and Economic Matters 7. The Ottoman Bureaucracy and Administration as reflected in Petitions 8. Templer and Zionist Activity as reflected in Petitions to Istanbul Conclusion: Old Institutions, New Conditions, a New Meaning of Justice?