The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian Dynasty

Ilan Pappe, renowned Israeli historian and social activist, presents a spellbinding account of the Husayni family and the role they played throughout the modern history of Palestine. Viewed through the prism of one family, the book sheds new light on crucial events and provides an unforgettable picture of the Palestinian tragedy in its entirety.

In this political biography, Ilan Pappe traces the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem, who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the twentieth century.

Auteur

Ilan Pappe holds the Chair in History at the University of Exeter and is Co-Director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. He is the author of a number of influential books on the Middle East, including 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine'.

Contenu

Foreword 7 Introduction 11 Prologue 23 chapter 1 The Making of a Family: From al-Ghudayya to al-Husayni 33 chapter 2 In the Shadow of Acre and Cairo: The Third Generation 53 chapter 3 Struggling with Reform, 1840-76 78 chapter 4 The Death of the Old World : Towards the End of the Ottoman Era in Palestine 92 chapter 5 Facing the Young Turks: The Family as Bureaucratic Aristocracy 127 chapter 6 In the Shadow of British Military Rule: From the Politics of Notables to the Politics of Nationalism 160 chapter 7 British Betrayal and the Rise of the National Aristocracy: The First Violent Outbreak 188 chapter 8 The Grand Mufti and His Family: Al-Hajj Amin Elected Mufti 212 chapter 9 The Great Revolt: The Family as Revolutionary Aristocracy 246 chapter 10 The Family in Exile: The Husaynis and the Armed Revolt, 1937-8 283 chapter 11 World War II and the Nakbah: In the Midst of the Revolution in Iraq 304 Epilogue 342 Family Trees (1700-1948) 353 Endnotes 355 Bibliography 383 Index 393