Urban-Rural Relations in Mandatory Palestine: Tiberias, Urban Notables and Control of the Palestinian Countryside, 1918-1948

This article explores the relationship between the Palestinian urban elites and rural population in the Tiberias district during the Palestine British Mandate, 1918-1948. The article argues that due to the heterogeneity of the Palestinian rural population, urban control of the countryside was strong...

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Published in:Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
Main Author: ʿAbbāsī, Muṣṭafá 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Univ. Press [2020]
In: Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Palestine / Mandate / City / Rural area / History 1918-1948
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBL Near East and North Africa
ZB Sociology
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Mandatory Palestine
B 'Awlam
B Lubya
B Urban-Rural Relations
B Palestinian Villages
B Lower Galilee
B Al-Shajara
B Tiberias
B Kafr Sabt
B Ma'dhar
B Sha'ara
B Samakh
B Urban Control
B Palestinian Urban Elites
B Hittin
B Bedouin Tribes
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Summary:This article explores the relationship between the Palestinian urban elites and rural population in the Tiberias district during the Palestine British Mandate, 1918-1948. The article argues that due to the heterogeneity of the Palestinian rural population, urban control of the countryside was stronger than elsewhere in Palestine. In this case, urban control centred, in particular, on the wealthy and powerful Muslim family, al-Tabari. This control maintained its strength until the end of the Mandate. However, despite this urban control of the countryside, the Palestinian Arab population of the district failed to create a united front against the better-organised and far more trained and equipped Zionist Haganah forces during the 1948 War.
ISSN:2054-1996
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3366/hlps.2020.0229