الدولة العثمانية في عيون يمنية من خلال مخطوطة "رحلة العلماء والسادة من اليمن إلى دار السعادة

Abstract EN

This paper aims to introduce one of the most important historical travel manuscripts, namely, Rihlat-u-ulama’a-i wa Al-Saada min Al-Yemen ila Dar-Ul-Sa’aada (The Travel of Scholars and Masters from Yemen to Turkey) written by Hajj Abdullah Yunis (1907AD/1325AH).

The manuscript takes the form of a detailed diary/report on a Yemeni delegation consisting of the top influential tribal, religious and judicial figures (including Hajj Yunis) on the Yemeni national and local level.

They were selected per the orders of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hameed in 1907AD to meet the Sultan in Istanbul to discuss how to restore the political stability in Yemen.

The importance of the manuscripts lies in the fact that the writer, Hajj Uunis, detailed everything taken place during the travel, in addition to his own impressions.

In fact, Hajj Yunis put us vis-à-vis a detailed picture of the Yemeni-Ottoman relations, particularly documenting the minutes of the meeting with the Sultan, and those of other meetings with the leadership of the Ottoman Empire.

Another importance of the manuscript is that it highlights the huge medical, military, urban and infrastructural developments in several Turkish cities from the “Other’s” perspectives.

It, thus, gives the Turkish reader a very clear picture of a specific period of the Ottoman Empire as viewed through Yemeni lens.