Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 76)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 76)

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The use of Matruka iand was governed by the laws of the commune or
village. It is from this form of usage of this particular type of land
that the term Musha'ta (i.e., common use) developed. Until the
introduction of the "1856 Ottoman Land Code", Matruka or Musha'a users
were exempted from tax payments (al-Murr,1924:51).
To claim that most of Palestine's land was Musha'a or Matruka, as
most Israeli writers do (Kimmerling, 1983; Flapan, 1979; Baer,1975),
amounts to the same thing as saying that Palestine's land was mostly
uncultivated, or for that matter, that Palestine was a social vacuum.
Further discussion of the Musha'a will follow later in the chapter.
Muwat Land
This category refers to ‘dead' or uncultivable land. The 1858 Land
Code defined Muwat land as that which was at least 1.5 miles or 1/2
hour of ordinary walking distance from a residential area (al-
Murr,1924:61). It is not known how much of this ‘dead' land was
actually under cultivation. In official references, desert is usually
placed in this catagory. (3)
In contrast to Amiri and Mulk forms of land tenure, known to have
been in existence throughout the period of Ottoman rule, the Matruka
and Muwat categories were introduced during the second half of the
19th century, a time when changes in production relations were
beginning to emerge.
The Pre-Capitalist Social Relations of Production
As mentioned earlier, most cultivable land in Palestine was
cultivated under two major categories, Amiri and Mulk, with the former
predominating. Corresponding to these forms of land tenure, two forms
v£ social relations of production emerged.
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