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KlappentextThis collection of translated primary sources for Ottoman history shows how the major institutions of Ottoman government developed, and how they functioned in practice. Each text benefits from a brief contextualising introduction, annotations and a glossary explaining technical terminology and problems of interpretation.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-4744-7937-0

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Edinburgh University Press

Erscheinungsjahr2021

Erscheinungsdatum31.01.2021

Seiten232 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 173 mm, Höhe 244 mm, Dicke 17 mm

Gewicht477 g

Artikel-Nr.56160314

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GenreGeschichte/Politik

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The Islamic Months
The Ottoman Sultans, c1300-1687
List of Illustrations
Preface
Maps
Figures

Chapter I: The Dynasty: Legitimation and Titulature

Section 1: The Assertions of the Chroniclers
The voice of the dervishes: the dream of Ertogrul
a. From the Anonymous Chronicles
b. From the Tevarikh-i Al-i ¿O¿manThe voice of the gazis: how ¿Osman became an independent rulerThe voice of the ¿ulema: how ¿Osman became an independent ruler
a. Kitab-i Cihan-nüma about why ¿Osman is called gazi
b. Kitab-i Cihan-nüma about how drum and standard came to ¿OsmanPagan Turkish tradition: the genealogy of the Ottoman sultans
a. Yazicioglu 'Ali on the line of ¿Osman
b. Sükrullah on the line of ¿OsmanConflation in the Oxford Anonymous Chronicle
Section 2: Titulature: Caliphal Claims
Inscription of Kay¿osrev II (1236-46) on the sea walls at AntalyaInscription on the tomb of the Aydin-oglu Mu¿ammad (d. 1334) at BirgiInscription of 1337. from the Sehadet Mosque in BursaInscription from a bridge in Ankara, dated 1375Other inscriptions referring to Murad IDedicatory notice in a Qur¿an preserved in the mausoleum of Murad IInscription on the tomb of Bayezid I, dated 809/1406-7Title-page of an almanac (in Persian), dated 824. (1421)A reference in ¿ursun Beg's History of Me¿med IIA reference in Celalzade's History of Süleyman IEbu¿s-Su¿ud's proemium to his statement on 'state lands'The second deposition of Mu¿¿afa I, 1623Fatwas on the Ghalzay Ashraf, 1726Süleyman I to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, 1554
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Chapter II: The Dynasty: Princes

Section 1: The Appointment of Princes in the Early Fourteenth Century
¿Osman's sonsOr¿an's sonsOr¿an's sons, after the conquest of Nicaea
Section 2: Princely Governorships
Prince ¿orkud leaves Istanbul for his governorshipA letter from Prince ¿Alemsah's mother Gülru¿ to Bayezid IIA decree of Prince A¿med to the yaya yoldaslarA decree of Prince Selim [II]A decree of Prince Me¿med [III]
Section 3: Fratricide
Statement of the former Byzantine Emperor John VI KantakouzenosThe accession of Bayezid I, 1389
a. From the Anonymous ChroniclesThe civil war (1402-13)The accession of Murad II, 1421The accession of Bayezid II, 1481The first accession of Me¿med II, 1444The second accession of Me¿med II, 1451
a. From Michael Doukas's Historia Turco-Byzantina
b. From Ibn Kemal's Tevârih-i Âl-i OsmânPopular criticism of fratricide: the story of the abdication of ¿Ali PashaThe accession of Me¿med III, 1595The accession of A¿med I, 1603
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Chapter III: The Dynasty: Recruitment into the Sultan's Service

Section 1: Pencik and Devsirme
A decree regulating the pencikTolls to be levied on slaves taken across the BosphorusA template decree for levying boys for the devsirmeA Janissary lobbies the sultan on behalf of his familyEscaping the devsirmeThe recovery of a captured novice
Section 2: Promotion to the Sultan's Service
Command to the aga of the Janissaries, 1562/3Command to the aga of the Janissaries, 1567/8Command to the aga of the Janissaries, 1560/1Command to the aga of the Janissaries, 1573/4Command to the aga of the Janissaries, 1583The pay of palace servants: an account register from 1478
Section 3: Berats
The appointment of a preacher in BursaThe appointment of a beglerbegiThe appointment of a ¿a¿iThe appointment of a metropolitanThe appointment of mountain guards
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Chapter IV: The Vizierate and the Divan
The A¿af-name of Lu¿fi PasaThe divan: a Venetian accountSubmissions to the sultan
a. Submission of the vizier Yemisçi ¿asan Pasa
b. Submission of the vizier Yemisçi ¿asan Pasa
c. Submission of the vizier Yemisçi ¿asan Pasa
d. Submission of the vizier Yemisçi ¿asan Pasa
e. Submission of Yemisçi ¿asan Pasa
f. Submission of the grand vizier Me¿med PasaThe sultan's written instructionsDeath of a grand vizier: report of Henry Lello
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Chapter V: The Provincial Administration and the Timar System
From the report of Iacopo de Promontorio, c1475-80An entry in a timar-register, with marginal notes
a. Timar of Inebegi and ¿üseyn, sons of ser¿asker ¿asan
b. [Possibly relating to the village of Yilinça]
c. [possibly relating to the village of Pirvol]Two entries from the detailed register of Amid, 1518
a. Timar of Yemini the Kurd, a sipahi of the sanca¿ of Amid
b. Timar of Sa¿du¿llah the ya¿avul, a sipahi of the sanca¿ of AmidSundry marginal notes in a summary-register of c1445, Thessaloniki etc.Marginal notes in a similar register of 1455, Skopje
a. Timar of Musa, retainer (¿idmetkar) of ¿Isa Beg
b. Timar of Yusuf, kinsman of the mir-a¿ur ¿amza BegTwo timar grants
a. Thessaloniki: the timar of Me¿med
b. Yala¿abad [in the sanca¿ of] ¿ocaeliConversion of privately-owned revenue to a ¿a¿¿-estateA call for volunteers before the Moldavian campaign, 1484Submissions by and to the sanca¿ begi of Bosnia, c1512-14
a. The sanca¿ begi of Iskodra to Yunus Pasa of Bosnia
b. The sancak begi of Zvornik to Yunus
c. The sanca¿begi of Bosnia to the na¿ib of Visoka
d. The sanca¿ begi of Bosnia to the Porte
e. The sanca¿begi of Bosnia to the Porte
f. The sanca¿begi of Bosnia to the Porte
g. The sanca¿begi of Bosnia to the Pasa
h. The sanca¿begi of Bosnia to the Pasa'The good old days'
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Chapter VI: The Religio-Legal Institution

Section 1: Law and Religious Practice
Passages on the law of sale from ¿anafi legal texts
a. From al-Matn of al-Quduri (d. 1037)
b. From al-Ikhtiyar fi ta¿lil al-Mukhtar of al-Mu¿ili (d. 1284)
c. From al-Fatawa of Qa¿ikhan (d. 1195)A fatwa on the application of Shafi¿i doctrineA fatwa on acquiring land for a new mosque constructionA fatwa on taxing land occupied by descendants of the ProphetA fatwa on a ¿a¿i granting unauthorised tax exemptionsA fatwa on Rumelian ¿a¿is issuing ¿üccetsA fatwa on sipahis taking a titheA fatwa on Muslim villagers neglecting prayerA fatwa on money fines for neglecting prayerA fatwa on executing a repentant heretic sey¿Command to the sanca¿begi of AmasyaCommand to the sanca¿begi of Amasya, Ilyas begTo the sanca¿begi of Kastamonu and the ¿a¿i of KüreTo the ¿a¿i of Niksar
Section 2: The Administration of Law
A ¿üccet on repairs to a monastery on Mount AthosA ¿üccet on returning a defective slave-girl to the vendorA sicill-entry on the sale of a vacant site by a Muslim to a dhimmiA sicill-entry on a debt owed by a dhimmi to a MuslimA sicill-entry on a money loanA sicill-entry on the daughter of a recent convertA sicill-entry on divorce and the legality of the wife's second marriageA sicill-entry on cloth measuring shortA sicill-entry on unsatisfactory goodsA sicill-entry on a complaint by the weavers' guildA sicill-entry on a smith not receiving his duesA sicill-entry on the payment of tax on a slave girlA sicill-entry on the ownership of sheepA sicill-entry on a burglaryA sicill-entry on a violent argument between father and sonA sicill-entry of a command to the sanca¿begis and ¿a¿is of Ana¿oliA sicill-entry of a command to the ¿a¿i and the inspector of mu¿a¿a¿asA fatwa on contracting marriage between minorsA fatwa on the validity of contracting marriage without the ¿a¿iA fatwa on re-marrying without intermediate marriageA fatwa on giving customs money as zakatA fatwa on giving almsA fatwa on a preacher's statement about a ¿a¿iA fatwa on the testimony of foreign merchants (¿arbi) against a dhimmiA fatwa on a Christian woman's charitable endowmentA fatwa on the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul and its surroundingsA fatwa on slaves purchasing slaves of their ownA fatwa on the sultan's slaves contracting marriagesA fatwa on a ¿a¿i acting outside his jurisdictionA fatwa on the dismissal of a debauched ¿a¿iA fatwa on the death of a falsely accused person after wrongful tortureA fatwa on extortionate loan transactionsA fatwa on tax income for sipahisA fatwa on tax income, including in kind, for sipahisA fatwa on bennak taxA fatwa on capitation tax (ispençe), grape tithe and taxes on pigsA fatwa on a rebellious son of the sultanA fatwa on those who lead the sultan astrayA fatwa on deposing a sultan who disturbs order by accepting briberyA fatwa on the legality of killing fomenters of corruptionA fatwa on punishment for a thief stealing from the imperial treasury

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Chapter VII: ¿anunnames
The 'Kraelitz text'The ¿anunname of ¿üdavendgar, 1487Extracts from the 'general' ¿anunname, c1500The ¿anunname of Siverek, 1518The ¿anunname of Sis, 1518The ¿anunname of Nikopol, reign of Süleyman I
a. Instructions on dealing with the timars of the district
b. Exposition of the ¿anunname of the voynu¿sExtracts from the ¿anunname of Egypt, after 1525
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Chapter VIII: Taxation and Finance
Annual income and expenditure of the Imperial Treasury
a. An estimate of treasury income and expenditure, c1475-80
b. An estimate of treasury income and expenditure for the years 1527-8Customs and mu¿a¿a¿as
a. Entry from a register of mu¿a¿a¿as
b. Entry from a register of mu¿a¿a¿as
c. A decree granting a mu¿a¿a¿a
d. The problems of a tax-farmer
e. Demand for the delivery of payment due from a tax-farm
f. Tax avoidance
g. Tax arrangements in newly conquered fortified towns
h. A command written to the ¿a¿i and the fortress-commander of KiliSilver mines
a. Instructions to a farmer of silver mines
b. Extract from a register for Bosnia, 1489Jizya
a. Instructions to a jizya-collector
b. Two extracts from a jizya register
c. Accounts for the jizya of the infidels of the vilayet of MenlikDebasement of the coinage
a. Debasement under Me¿med II
b. A debasement heralds a mutiny
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Chapter IX: Waqfs

Section 1: Foundation and Function
Founding a waqfA vizieral waqfA new waqfWaqfs established by conquerors and colonisers
a. The waqf of Murad I
b.The waqf of the ¿aru Sey¿
c. Note protecting dervishes who descend from the district's conquerorThe Waqf of Musa
a. A note on the village of ¿izil Delü, 1412
b. A register entry on the waqf of ¿izil Delü, sixteenth century
c. A renewed berat for ¿izil Delü Sultan's waqf, 1641/2
d. An undated register entry on the waqf of ¿izil Delü
e. Note appended to an undated register entry on the waqf of ¿izil DelüThe Waqf of Or¿anWaqfs in decline
a. The Waqf of Dervis Bayezid in Seydi Kavagi
b. The Waqf of Sagri ¿atun
c. Waqf of the zaviye of ¿a¿i ¿ala¿u¿d-DinThe waqfiya of Selçük bint ¿Abdu¿llah, freedwoman of Me¿med
Section 2: Problems
A cash and family waqfCash and charitable waqfs
a. The Waqf of charitable donors (erbab-i ¿ayrat) in the quarter
b. Waqf of charitable donors
c. Waqf of ¿acci Me¿med in the village of Seynelü
d. The Waqf of ¿acci ¿asan b. Uruc the FelterCash waqfs: Questions of legality
a. A question on donating profit from interest
b. A question on interest
c. A question on using legal devices
d. A question on making restitution for not lending out waqf moneys
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Chapter X: Treaties and Foreign Relations
The Genoese treaty with Murad I, 1387The Byzantine-Turkish Treaty of 1403The peace settlement of 1444
a. The sworn statement of Ibrahim Beg of ¿araman, 1444
b. The Treaty of Edirne, 1444A grant of peace and of free passage for merchantsAn offer to pay tributeThe peace terms offered by Süleyman I to Charles V, 1547The English capitulations, 1580The troubles of an ambassadorLatin text of the agreement at Zsitva-Torok, 1606
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