Summary
A family of Bayta village in Jabal Nablus whose numerous appearances in the Nablus Islamic Court place it, in Chapter 4 of Rediscovering Palestine, in the Rural middle class: its men operated a wide moneylending network that mediated the circulation of merchant capital between urban merchants and peasants (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 3028-3099).
Details
- A lawsuit of February 1862 opens the chapter: Hamad son of Mahmud Rummani claimed his relative Khader Rummani, his partner in an oil Salam contract financed by the rich urban soap manufacturer Sayyid Mahmud Hashim, had illegally appropriated his share of the profits, ten jars of oil; Hamad could not prove it and lost (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 3028-3099).
- At least six male members — Hammad son of Mahmud, Khader and his two sons Ahmad and Mustafa, and Ibrahim and his son As’ad — were all active moneylenders operating a wide network of salam contracts for olive oil and, to a lesser extent, sesame seeds, which they sold to urban soap-factory owners and grain merchants; they also made non-interest-bearing loans (qard) to fellow peasants of Bayta and nearby Bayt Furik and Qabalan (Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, lines 3028-3099).
Related pages
Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900, Rural middle class, Salam, Jabal Nablus