Rethinking Ottoman Frontier Policies: Marriage and Citizenship in the Province of Iraq

The state, however, had the tendency to interfere in personal status issues where it concerned state authority and territorial hegemony, and particularly where it affected rights and obligations of citizenship, such as conscription, taxation, and matters of inheritance that, in practice, had never b...

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Published inArab studies journal Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 8 - 29
Main Author Kern, Karen M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C Georgetown University 01.04.2007
Georgetown University, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies
Subjects
Children
Citizenship
Gender
Geopolitics
Husbands
Loyalty
Marriage
Marriage law
Men
Middle Eastern history
Middle Eastern studies
Military service
Ottoman Empire
Sunni
Territories
Women
Ottoman Empire
Iraq
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Summary:The state, however, had the tendency to interfere in personal status issues where it concerned state authority and territorial hegemony, and particularly where it affected rights and obligations of citizenship, such as conscription, taxation, and matters of inheritance that, in practice, had never been the exclusive domain of religious authority. 5 The importance of the demographic phenomenon of marriage becomes evident when examining Ottoman policies for the frontier province of Iraq. [...]with respect to inheritance, Ottoman women and their children had to be counted as Ottoman citizens for the sake of keeping immovable real estate in the hands of Ottoman citizens.
ISSN:1083-4753
2328-9627