‘Down with the Bell!’ The Nāblus Uprising of April 1856
‘Down with the Bell!’ The Nāblus Uprising of April 1856
This paper investigates the uprising of April 1856 in the Palestinian town of Nāblus, in which local Christians were attacked after symbols of European influence appeared in the town and a man was killed by a British missionary. The events preceding, during and after the uprising are retold from a range of British primary sources, travellers’ accounts, newspaper reports and consular documents. However, the paper argues that these Western representations of the uprising were mired in colonial concerns, and puts forward a rereading of the uprising as an act of resistance, against a background of complex local politics, dissatisfaction with the Ottoman Empire’s Tanẓīmāt reforms, and growing European presence in Palestine.
Consuls, Islam, Missionaries, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, travellers
12-35
Polley, Gabriel
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January 2020
Polley, Gabriel
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Polley, Gabriel
(2020)
‘Down with the Bell!’ The Nāblus Uprising of April 1856.
Romance, Revolution and Reform, (2), .
Abstract
This paper investigates the uprising of April 1856 in the Palestinian town of Nāblus, in which local Christians were attacked after symbols of European influence appeared in the town and a man was killed by a British missionary. The events preceding, during and after the uprising are retold from a range of British primary sources, travellers’ accounts, newspaper reports and consular documents. However, the paper argues that these Western representations of the uprising were mired in colonial concerns, and puts forward a rereading of the uprising as an act of resistance, against a background of complex local politics, dissatisfaction with the Ottoman Empire’s Tanẓīmāt reforms, and growing European presence in Palestine.
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Published date: January 2020
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Consuls, Islam, Missionaries, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, travellers
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ISSN: 2517-7850
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Gabriel Polley
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