Shayzar, an Ottoman Fortress-Settlement in Syria

James A. Reilly

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Pages:: 157–167

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004413146_010

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Ottoman rule in Syria is explored through chronicling the fortunes of a small fortress-settlement in north-central Syria. Located on the Orontes River between Hama and Aleppo, Shayzar sat astride one of the routes that linked Anatolia and Aleppo in the north to Damascus and the Hijaz in the south. In the early Ottoman centuries administrators and investors in Hama supervised its garrison and its production (principally farming and milling). As Ottoman control of Syria’s rural areas weakened in the 18th and early 19th centuries, so too did Shayzar’s economic relationships with Hama. By the early 19th century the garrison had effectively been taken over by military freelancers. Trade and communication routes shifted away from Shayzar, rendering it a kind of rural backwater in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Shayzar’s progression from a fortress-settlement of some importance to a sleepy rural outpost is an overlooked aspect of the Ottoman story in Syria, which typically focuses on dramatic changes and developments in the better-documented larger towns and cities.

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Ottoman War and Peace

Studies in Honor of Virginia H. Aksan

Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage, Volume: 68

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004413146

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 26 Oct 2019

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  - History of Warfare
- Middle East and Islamic Studies
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