During the late Ottoman period the city of Gaza was caught up in internal political strife. The city’s elite families tended to operate within rival factions while trying to draw Istanbul into its internal conflicts. In this context, they formed complex relationships with the elite of Jerusalem that dominated Palestine’s politics, as well as with peasants and Bedouins in Gaza’s hinterland. The article presents the first systematic account of factional strife in Gaza during the period. In addition, it examines what caused the internal divisions in Gaza to be so severe and considers whether factionalism also played out in the urban space. It is argued that (1) the severity of this factionalism derived from the rising stakes resulting from imperial politics and economic benefits, and (2) factionalism and urban development interacted with each other, leading to a particular type of ‘spatialized factionalism’. We suggest that this perspective can lead to a better understanding of both urban politics and urban development in other towns and cities in the Ottoman Empire’s Arab provinces.

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奥斯曼帝国晚期加沙的城市派系主义c。1875-1914：地方政治与空间部门

在奥斯曼帝国时代晚期，加沙市陷入了内部政治冲突。该市的精英家庭在试图将伊斯坦布尔卷入内部冲突时，往往在敌对派系中开展活动。在这种情况下，他们与主导巴勒斯坦政治的耶路撒冷精英以及加沙腹地的农民和贝都因人建立了复杂的关系。本文介绍了该时期加沙的派系冲突的第一个系统性描述。此外，它研究了造成加沙内部分歧如此严重的原因，并考虑了派系主义是否也在城市空间发挥作用。有人认为，（1）这种派系主义的严重性源于帝国政治和经济利益带来的利益增加，（2）派系主义与城市发展相互影响，导致一种特殊的“空间派系”。我们建议这种观点可以使人们更好地了解奥斯曼帝国阿拉伯省的其他城镇的城市政治和城市发展。