Fighting for the Nusayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the 'Alawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire
Author: Necati Alkan
Publisher/Publication: Die Welt des Islams
Volume/Issue: 52(1)
DOI/ISBN: 10.1163/157006012X627896
After summarizing the attitude of the provincial Syrian administration and of Istanbul toward the Nuṣayrīs in the first decades of the 19th century, the writer gives an overview of the developments regarding the Nuṣayrīs during the Tanzimat and the Hamidian era until roughly the Young Turk revolution. The article also examines the development and the impact of Protestant missions in the region, from the American point of view.
