Bücher der Reihe A History of the Near East

"The Arab Lands under Ottoman Rule assesses the effects of Ottoman rule on the Arab Lands of Egypt, Greater Syria, Iraq and Yemen between 1516 and 1800."--

Primarily a political history, but also containing summaries of economic and social change in the region since World War I, this excellent survey of the Middle East also covers Turkey, Iran and Arabia.

Peter Holt uses, and to some extent reinterprets, the medieval Arabic sources, to present a picture which differs in important respects from the conventional western-orientated view.