Administration and power institutions in the Egyptian countryside in the Ottoman era Darelshad(Al-Shad house) Documental and Architectural Study

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Lecturer at Faculty of Archaeology- Ain shams University(EGYPT)

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This Paper aims to study and analyze the administrative institutions in the regional towns and big villages in the Egyptian rural society in the Ottoman period. The study will focus on an administrative unit was called darelshad and trace its multiple roles in the agricultural lands affairs, based on the archival materials have been consulted. On the other hand, there will be a detailed plan and architectural description of this unit, and a sketch in which we reconstruct darelshad as mentioned in the sharia court documents. To have more focus, I will edit and publish four new documents describing the function of darelshad and its architectural details, Also there will be Fifth Document about The dignitaries' mastaba(platform) in Mansoura. Furthermore, I will republish part of other documents have been published in other studies; I found it as so important for the current study; which will explain much more and confirm the paper objectives.

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