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Life after the Harem
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 295

Life after the Harem

The first study exploring the lives of female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court, drawing from hitherto unexplored primary sources

The Hemshin
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 472

The Hemshin

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-01-24
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The Hemshin are without doubt one of the most enigmatic peoples of Turkey and the Caucasus. As former Christians who converted to Islam centuries ago yet did not assimilate into the culture of the surrounding Muslim populations, as Turks who speak Armenian yet are often not aware of it, as Muslims who continue to celebrate feasts that are part of the calendar of the Armenian Church, and as descendants of Armenians who, for the most part, have chosen to deny their Armenian origins in favour of recently invented myths of Turkic ancestry, the Hemshin and the seemingly irreconcilable differences within their group identity have generated curiosity and often controversy. The Hemshin is the first ...

Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 353

Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire

Based on careful study of the substantial and largely unpublished manuscript legacy left by the Halveti mystical order, one of the most influential Sufi orders in the Ottoman Empire, this is a history of the rise and spread of its Sa'baniyye branch betwee

The Ottoman Administration of Iraq, 1890-1908
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

The Ottoman Administration of Iraq, 1890-1908

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006-09-07
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This is a study of the nature of Ottoman administration under Sultan Abdulhamid and the effects of this on the three provinces that were to form the modern state of Iraq. The author provides a general commentary on the late Ottoman provincial administration and a comprehensive picture of the nature of its interaction with provincial society. In drawing on sources of the Ottoman archives, bringing together and analyzing an abundance of complex documents, this book is a fascinating contribution to the field of Middle Eastern studies.

Honored by the Glory of Islam
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 346

Honored by the Glory of Islam

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-09
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  • Publisher: OUP USA

Marc David Baer proposes a novel approach to the historical record of Islamic conversions during the Ottoman age and gathers fresh insights concerning the nature of religious conversion itself. Rather than explaining Ottoman Islamization in terms of the converts' motives, Baer concentrates on the proselytizing sultan Mehmet IV (1648-87).

Denial of Violence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 681

Denial of Violence

Denial of Violence seeks to decipher the roots of the denial by Turkish and Ottoman officials of acts of violence committed against Armenians. Based on a qualitative analysis of over 300 memoirs published in Turkey from 1789 to 2009, Fatma Müge Göçek analyzes denial as a multilayered process that starts with the advent of systematic modernity in the Ottoman Empire in 1789 and continues to this day in the Turkish Republic.

The Islamic Scholarly Tradition
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 415

The Islamic Scholarly Tradition

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-03-21
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Bringing together the expansive scholarly expertise of former students of Professor Michael Allan Cook, this volume contains highly original articles in Islamic history, law, and thought. The contributions range from studies in the pre-Islamic calendar, to the "blood-money group" in Islamic law, to transformations in Arabic logic.

GALATA MAWLAWI LODGE MUSEUM
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

GALATA MAWLAWI LODGE MUSEUM

Galata Mawlawi Lodge served as a dervish lodge for 434 years. This dargah raised influential figures such as Ankaravi İsmail Dede, Shayk Galip, Fasih Dede, Esrar Dede and master neyzan Osman Dede, besides occupying a place in the hearts of several Ottoman sultans like Sultan Selim III and Sultan Mahmud II. During the last years of the lodge, it had wellknown visitors and muhibs such as Walad (Chalabi) İzbudak, Ahmed Jalal ad-Din Dede, Selman Tüzün, Cemaleddin Server Revnakoğlu, Mithat Bahari Beytur, Ahmet Bican Kasapoğlu, Necati Ergin and several other tasawwuf cognoscenti.

Ottoman High Politics and the Ulema Household
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 167

Ottoman High Politics and the Ulema Household

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-04-08
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  • Publisher: Springer

In the 17th century, the elite household (kap?) became the focal point of Ottoman elite politics and socialization. It was a cultural melting pot, bringing together individuals of varied backgrounds through empire-wide patronage networks. This book investigates the layers of kap? power, through the example of ?eyhülislam Feyzullah Efendielite.

Ottoman Istanbul in Flames: City Conflagrations, Governance and Society in the Early Modern Period (Yeditepe Yayınevi)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 123

Ottoman Istanbul in Flames: City Conflagrations, Governance and Society in the Early Modern Period (Yeditepe Yayınevi)

Fires are significant to study due to the immense change they brought to urban life which make it possible to trace the policies, approaches, and regulations of the city rulers. When it comes to fires in the 18th century Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire's responsibility to return the city to pre-fire conditions, and bring normalcy to city life played a crucial role. This study is an inquiry into the Ottomans' perception of fires and urban regulations. Analyzing official sources, such as court records and archival sources, this study aims to understand the Ottomans' role and mindset toward the city reconstruction after fires. Also, by cross-checking official with non-official sources, i.e. traveler accounts, the reports of diplomats (official, non-Ottoman records), drawings and secondary sources, this study provides a broader picture on the manner in which the Ottomans dealt with the outcome of fires in the capital.