Modern Arab Kingship
How the “recycling” of the Ottoman Empire’s uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East
In this groundbreaking book, Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of the process of “recycling empire.” Mestyan shows that in the post–World War I Middle East, Allied Powers offici...
How the “recycling” of the Ottoman Empire’s uses of genealogy and religion created new political orders in the Middle East
In this groundbreaking book, Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of the process of “recycling empire.” Mestyan shows that in the post–World War I Middle East, Allied Powers offici...
