From the Pages of the Defter (ص 34)

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From the Pages of the Defter (ص 34)

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reforms. It examines the consequences of the reforms’ implementation and attempts to
assess the degree to which the new laws of property tenure had been absorbed into the
local discourse of ownership. One conclusion of this study, the sum of its parts, is that the
argument that Land Code and property-tenure reforms were evaded and failed to be
implemented in Palestine, is untenable based on the case of Hebron. It has become a
convention in historical writing to refer to the basket of property-tenure reforms that were
promulgated and implemented gradually over three decades, collectively as ’the 1858 Land
Code”. It is important to remember, this reform was a process and not an event. In this light,
| will argue that the settlement-of-tenure conflicts, documentation complications, and even
first-time tapu registrations that took place in the 1890s and in the first decade of the
twentieth century are indications that the reform had been implemented and adopted, and
that it was working. In Chapter 4 | discuss a variety of mechanisms that were in place to
simplify the process of resolution of problems and conflicts, and to facilitate compliance with
the law.
The British Survey and Ruedy’s narratives imply that the fees and the property tax
which accompanied property-tenure reform and property registration were somehow
hidden from the populace. As will be shown in Chapter One, they were clearly delineated
and proclaimed in laws and regulations. There was no surreptitious taxation. As for the claim
about conscription, | would argue that Ottomans fearful of conscription would be more likely
to fear nuftis registration than property registration. The registration of the population
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Susynne McElrone

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