Bayt Farhi and the Sephardic palaces of Ottoman Damascus in the late 18th and 19th centuries

One of the largest and most important palatial houses of late 18th- and early 19th-century Damascus, Bayt Farhi belonged to the Farhi family, who served as financial administrators to successive Ottoman governors in Damascus and Acre. Illustrated with extensive colour photographs, plans, and reconst...

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Main Author: Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth (Author)
Contributors: Ashkenazie, Ezra (Contributor) ; Burden, Jeffery (Contributor) ; Lewis, George H. (Contributor) ; McKenzie, Judith S. 1957-2019 (Contributor) ; Montgomery, Jason (Contributor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Boston, MA American Schools of Oriental Research [2018]
[Oxford] Manar al-Athar, University of Oxford [2018]
In: The annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research (volume 72)
Year: 2018
Series/Journal:Manar al-athar monograph 4
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Beit Farhi (Damascus) / Syria / Palace / Yard (Architecture) / History 1750-1900
B Judaism / Culture
B Jews / History
B Damascus / Farḥi, Family / Palace
B Jews / Sephardim / Architecture
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Architecture, Domestic (Syria) (Damascus)
B Art
B Architecture
B Damascus
B Jewish architecture (Syria) (Damascus)
B Palaces Syria Damascus
B Courtyard houses Syria Damascus
B Beit Farhi (Damascus, Syria)
B Jewish architecture Syria Damascus
B Courtyard houses (Syria) (Damascus)
B Architecture, Domestic Syria Damascus
B Damascus (Syria) Buildings, structures, etc
B Farhi family Homes and haunts (Syria) (Damascus)
B Palaces (Syria) (Damascus)
B Jewish art

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