A study of the Ottoman land code and Khedive Sa'id's law of 1858 (land tenure, Egypt) (Ph.D. Dissertation)

This work examines the state ownership and legal classification of arable land, particularly focusing on changes to the landholding system of Egypt during the late Ottoman period initiated by the Ottoman Land Code of 1858 and of Khedive Sa'id's Law. Why was a separate land code established for Egypt, and how closely are the Egyptian reforms of the mid-19th century related to the Ottoman Code of Law? Changes to the Ottoman landholding system were part of an evolutionary process and did not lead to the privatization of miri, state-owned arable land. The Ottoman Land Code and Sa'id's Law represent movements toward extending possession rights, resulting from many factors over a longer period. States continued to support state ownership of arable land; only among provincial qadis do differences appear in the legal status of land and applications of the law. _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_