Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 72)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 72)

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Palestire's economy was characterized by five forms or categories of
land tenure. These were, in order of importance, Amiri, Mulk, Waqf,
Matruka, and Muwat. (1) These categories were officially recognized by
the Ottoman state in its 1856 Land Code, which will be discussed
later. From this official terminology referring to the forms of land
tenure in Palestine, it is clear that Musha'a was not among the
recognized forms.
Amiri Land
This was the predominant form of land tenure. Most cultivable land
in Palestine was cultivated according to the Amiri form. While titular
rights over this land were formally (officially) in the hands of the
Ottoman state, usually personified by its ruler, the Sultan, absolute
rights of usufruct were traditionally vested in the direct
cultivators, the peasants or the Fallaheen. As Warriner observes,
cultivators oon Amiri land enjoyed almost the same rights as absolute
owners did; except for one condition placed on Amiri holders, namely,
that land must be continuously used or cultivated, all rights of Mulk
owners (vide infra) were also exercised by Amiri holders. This
included the right of the peasant or Fallah to pass the land to
his/her heirs, exchange it for other land or cattle or transfer it to
others (Warriner, 1948:12).
As further discussion of the relations of production which
corresponded to this form of land tenure will show, its cultivators
were not tied to the state, nor to the Sultan, nor even to his
officials who were sent infrequently to collect tithes. All rights
over the production process and the redistribution of land were
managed by the village itself.
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