TY - BOOK AU - Sommer,Dorothe TI - Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire: A History of the Fraternity and Its Influence in Syria and the Levant SN - 9780857725547 AV - DS97.5 .S666 2015 U1 - 366.1095609034 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited KW - Freemasonry-Lebanon-History-19th century KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Transliteration System -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Ottoman Empire in the Late Nineteenth Century -- 2. Masonic Principles Challenged -- 3. Masonic Grand Bodies -- 4. Freemasonry in Beirut -- 5. Freemasonry on Mount Lebanon -- 6. Freemasonry in Tripoli and El Mina -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Chronology of the Ottoman Empire with a Focus on the Late Period (1860-1910) -- II: Lodges established in Ottoman Syria with a Focus on Tripoli and El Mina between 1860 and 1911 -- III: Exemplary Movements of individual Masons to different Lodges during the first 50 Years ofMasonry in Ottoman Syria (1860-1908) -- IV: Freemasons involved in the Press and/or Societies in Ottoman Syria and Egypt -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index of Persons UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6301563 ER -