Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and Arab Constitutionalism

Peter Hill

Khayr al-Din al-Tunisi and Arab Constitutionalism

Peter Hill^*

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Humanities Department

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Abstract

This chapter examines a landmark of Arabic writing on constitutionalism and liberalism, published by the Tunisian statesman Khayr al-Din in 1868. It places this text in the context of developing Arabic-language writing on constitutions, and of the creation of quasi-constitutions within and beyond the Ottoman empire through the nineteenth century. It argues for the novelty of Khayr al-Din's posing of the problem of restraints on absolute power in Arabic, through the notion of 'despotism' (istibdad), as well as for similarities between his project and those of European bourgeois liberals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Constitutionalism in the Ottoman and Qajar Empires
Place of Publication	Leiden, Netherlands
Publisher	Brill
Chapter	3
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 25 Jun 2024

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