Ammiyya

For ʿāmmiyya, see Varieties of Arabic.

The Ammiyya[1] (Arabic: ʿĀmmiyya) was a revolt against Ottoman rule in Syria in 1889–1890. The peasants sought to curb the abuses of local sheikhs, restricting them to ⅛ of the communal land. They also wanted to partition the rest of the communal land into individual plots outside the sheikh's control, ending their ability to evict poor farmers.[2]

Druze opposition was led by the Atrash family.[3]

The revolt was largely successful in its aims, restricting the sheikhs to ⅛ of the village land[4] and establishing the system of land tenure which continued in Syria through the Assad regime.[2] Desire to placate the locals also prompted the concessions to French and Belgian companies that led to the DHP, the area's first railway.[1]

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