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Sabri, Reyhan.

The imperial politics of architectural conservationthe case of Waqf in Cyprus /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The imperial politics of architectural conservationby Reyhan Sabri.
Reminder of title:	the case of Waqf in Cyprus /
Author:	Sabri, Reyhan.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019.
Description:	xvi, 155 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm..
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	WaqfCyprus.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18232-8
ISBN:	9783030182328$q(electronic bk.)

The imperial politics of architectural conservationthe case of Waqf in Cyprus /
Sabri, Reyhan.

The imperial politics of architectural conservationthe case of Waqf in Cyprus /[electronic resource] :by Reyhan Sabri. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - xvi, 155 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.. - Heritage studies in the Muslim world. - Heritage studies in the Muslim world..

1. Introduction -- 2. Ottoman Waqf's Building Practices: From Decentralisation to Centralisation -- 3. British Colonial Inputs to Waqf's Traditional Building Upkeep Systems (1878-1905) -- 4. Ultimate Centralisation: Political and Professional Control (1905-1935) -- 5. Waqf and the Zenith of Colonial Conservation Politics (1935-1960) -- 6. Discussion and Conclusion.

This book documents the changing role of the Islamic Waqf institution in Cyprus and the conservation of Waqf heritage buildings of Ottoman and Western origins. Previously ignored archives of documents detailing the conservation of Waqf buildings during Ottoman and British rule allow a fine-grained analysis of the colonial introduction of Western approaches to heritage conservation. Colonial rule saw major legislative and administrative changes to the originally autonomous Ottoman Waqf institution, which had already been subject to reforms under the Ottoman regime. Under British rule, Western heritage concepts and modern architectural conservation discourses became the core conservation principles in Cyprus. Earlier centralisation attempts during the Ottoman Tanzimat (1831-1876), and the procedural, technical, and political reconfigurations during the British colonial era in Cyprus (1878-1960), were key factors of the transformation of the Waqf's traditional building upkeep system. These imperial interventions, their orientalist mindset, and the rise of nationalism, finally led to the erosion of Waqf in Cyprus as a non-Western and sustainable form of building conservation. This study reveals how the Western approach, the forms of expertise it privileges, and pragmatic diversions from this practice for political purposes, were useful in neutralizing the legitimacy of local practices, except in cases where opportunistic 'recognition' of their utility played a role in inter-communal, colonial, nationalist, and inter-imperial politics.

ISBN: 9783030182328$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-18232-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

849997
Waqf
--Cyprus.

LC Class. No.: KBP637.23 / .S237 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 346.1670642

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