Arafa, E. (2016). The Refusal of Minting Ottoman Silver Para Multiples in Egypt as a Reflection of the Political Relation with the Ottoman Sultanate. Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 1(1), 46-63. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3886
Eman Mahmoud Arafa. "The Refusal of Minting Ottoman Silver Para Multiples in Egypt as a Reflection of the Political Relation with the Ottoman Sultanate". Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 1, 1, 2016, 46-63. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3886
Arafa, E. (2016). 'The Refusal of Minting Ottoman Silver Para Multiples in Egypt as a Reflection of the Political Relation with the Ottoman Sultanate', Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 1(1), pp. 46-63. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3886
Arafa, E. The Refusal of Minting Ottoman Silver Para Multiples in Egypt as a Reflection of the Political Relation with the Ottoman Sultanate. Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2016; 1(1): 46-63. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3886
The Refusal of Minting Ottoman Silver Para Multiples in Egypt as a Reflection of the Political Relation with the Ottoman Sultanate
Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
During the Ottoman reign in Egypt (918-1222 A.H/1520-1807A.D), while the mint of Istanbul –the capital of the Ottoman Sultanate- was responsible for minting the multiples of the Para, Egypt refused to follow this coinage tradition, despite the fact that it was a state of the Ottoman Empire. This practice on behalf of Egypt reflects some important political events that may show the concealed reaction of refusal and opposition to the Ottoman reign in being against minting through the silver coins as a secondary coin, and not through the golden coins which were the essential ones. In addition, it reflects the power of the Emirs in Egypt during some periods of the Ottoman era. In fact, the only time Egyptian authority has departed this reaction of refusal, was during the reign of Sultan Mustafa the third when Ali Beik al-Kabir struck Para multiples holding his name, although the intention here was to make it as an act of confrontation to the Ottoman reign. Thus, this analytical study aims at introducing a new perspective of study by examining the coins in a method that reveals the political relations during that era, along with publishing some examples for the coins.
خلال فترة الحکم العثمانی لمصر (918-1222 هـ/ 1520-1807 م)، وفی الوقت الذی التزمت به دار السک فی استانبول –عاصمة السلطنة العثمانیة- بضرب مضاعفات البارة، وعلى الرغم من کون مصر کانت تعتبر فی ذلک الوقت ولایة تابعة للامبراطوریة العثمانیة، نجد أنها رفضت اتباع هذا التقلید النقدی، ویعد هذا الاجراء من قبل مصر بمثابة انعکاس لعدة أحداث سیاسیة هامة، قد تشیر الى المواجهة المستترة ضد الحکم العثمانی من خلال الامتناع عن ضرب النقود الفضیة والتی تعد بمثابة نقود ثانویة، ولیس النقود الذهبیة الرئیسیة. کما ویعکس هذا الأمر قوة أمراء مصر فی فترة الحکم العثمانی. وحتى عندما قطعت مصر هذا الاجراء من رفض ضرب مضاعفات البارة فی عهد السلطان مصطفى الثالث عندما قام علی بک الکبیر بضرب مضاعفات البارة، فقد جاء هذا الاجراء کرغبة منه لابداء مواجهة ضد الحکم العثمانی ولیس کاتباع له. وبالتالی تأتی هذه الدراسة التحلیلیة بتقدیم منظور جدید للدراسة من خلال المنهج التحلیلی الذی یعکس العلاقة السیاسیة المتبادلة بین مصر والسلطنة العثمانیة، مع نشر بعض نماذج لنقود تلک الفترة ذات الصلة بموضوع الدراسة
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