8vo. 433 pp., 21 maps & plans, numerous tables in text, 54 b/w illus., publisher’s original wrappers, new, introduction by André Raymond, biblio, Institut Français de Damas, Damascus, 1997.

Synopsis

An academic study of al-Midan quarter in the city of Damascus between 1742 and 1830. The author discusses the establishment of al-Midan area during the Mamluk period, and its development up to the Ottoman period. The primary sources used in this study are the documents of the courts of Damascus, and other historical documents.