Arab Patriotism. The Ideology and Culture of Power in Late Ottoman Egypt

366 Pages·2017·5.8 MB·English

by  Adam Mestyan

ARAB PATRIOTISM
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ARAB PATRIOTISM

The Ideology and Culture of Power
in Late Ottoman Egypt
Adam Mestyan
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
List of Tables
ix
Notes on Transliteration, Names, Titles, and Currency
xi
Introduction 1
Part I: The Making of the Khedivate 17
1. The Ottoman Origins of Arab Patriotism 21
2. The Ottoman Legitimation of Power: The Khedivate 50
3. The European Aesthetics of Khedivial Power 84

Part II: “A Garden with Mellow Fruits
of Refinement” 121
4. A Gentle Revolution 125
5. Constitutionalism and Revolution: The Arab Opera 164
Part III: The Reinvention of the Khedivate 199
6. Hārūn al-R ashīd under Occupation 203
7. Behind the Scenes: A Committee and the Law, 1880s– 1900s 238
8. Distinction: Muṣṭafā Kāmil and the Making of an Arab Prince 268
Conclusion: The Ottoman Origin of Arab Nationalisms 303
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VI • CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
309
Abbreviations
311
Works Cited
313
Index
345
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Illustrations
Figure I.1. The Ottoman Empire, early 1860s xii
Figure I.2. The Rulers of Egypt xiii
Figure 2.1. Ismail in 1845 52
Figure 2.2. Ismail after 1867 53
Figure 3.1. The Comédie of Cairo, 1869 91

Figure 3.2. The Khedivial Opera House and the Circus,
between 1869 and 1872 95
Figure 3.3. A poster of Eldorado du Caire, 1869 98
Allegory of the Joining of the Two Seas
Figure 3.4. , 1869 113

Figure 3.5. A painting of Ibrahim Pasha in the hall of the
Khedivial Opera House 114
Figure 4.1. Title page of Wādī al-­Nīl journal, 22 October 1869 143
Figure 5.1. Sheikh Salāma Ḥijāzī, possibly in 1913 188
Figure 6.1. The troupe of Sulaymān Qardāḥī in Paris, 1889 233
Figure 8.1. Muṣṭafā Kāmil in 1893 296
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Tables

Table 3.1. Theaters and Playhouses in Khedivial Cairo,
1868– 1879 99
Table 3.2. Personnel du service de l’entretien du matérial, 1878 109

Table 4.1. Publications of Wādī­al-­Nīl Printing Press,
1866– 1878 134

Table 5.1. Political Events and the Performances of the Arab
Opera, April 1882 193

Table 6.1. Comparison between the French Proposal,

the Advertised Arabic program, and the Staged Plays

of al-­Jawq­al-­Waṭanī in the Khedivial Opera House,
March– April 1886 221

Table 7.1. État nominatif du personnel de l’Opéra pour le mois
de janvier 1904 249

Table 8.1. List of 230 Subscribers to the Seasons of Santi Boni
and Soschino in the Khedivial Opera House, 1885– 1886 284
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