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SUMMARY:The Pasha's New Clothes: The History Section of an 18th-Century Library from Acre - Lecture by Prof. Dana Sajdi (Boston College)
DESCRIPTION:This is an exploration of the history booklist found in a recently discovered ‘library catalogue’ from a college in 18th-century Acre. Endowed by the notorious Ottoman governor of the region Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (d. 1804)\, the library seems to have been one of the largest in the Ottoman Levant. In addition to introducing the larger ‘al-Jazzar Library Project’\, I will argue that the eclectic nature of the history collection exceeds the purposes of a college curriculum or the needs of local readers. Despite their variety\, the books were carefully chosen and cUrated to reflect the colorful career of the patron himself and to construct a heroic and royal image of him resembling that of imperial rulers. This is a vanity collection that the Pasha used to display his new clothes. \nThis event is organized by the King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies.
URL:https://history.ucsb.edu/events/the-pashas-new-clothes-the-history-section-of-an-18th-century-library-from-acre-a-lecture-by-professor-dana-sajdi-boston-college/
LOCATION:HSSB 4080\, University of California Santa Barbara\, Santa Barbara\, 93106\, United States
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