This publication contains 24 papers that were presented during the conference on “Egypt During the Ottoman Era” that was organized by IRCICA and the Supreme Council of Culture of the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2007. They address a variety of subjects pertaining to the history of Egypt during the Ottoman period including administration, institutions, economy, law, science and technology, cities and architecture. They also present a road map to researchers about the subjects that should be dealt with in studies in this field. These include a number of topics such as society structure, legal reform, the institution of the qadi (judge), waqfs (foundations), the libraries, and folk traditions that can be of interest to general readers as well as researcher.
