Imperial Citizen: Marriage and Citizenship in the Ottoman Frontier Provinces of Iraq

by Karen M. Kern

Imperial Citizen examines the intersection between Ottoman colonialism, control of the Iraqi frontier through centralization policies, and the impact of those policies on Ottoman citizenship laws and on the institution of marriage. In an effort to maintain control of the Iraqi province, the Ottomans adapted their 1869 citizenship law to prohibit marriages between Ottoman women and Iranian men. This prohibition was an attempt to contain the threat...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632851
• ISBN13: 9780815632856
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"