330 index
revolt of 1656, 56–57
robe, bestowal of, 15, 131–32, 258n 26
Romanovs, 11
Russian empire, 299n 14
Russian war, 171–73
Rycaut, Sir Paul, 242, 298n 16
sacred space, Islamic
call to prayer and, 176–77
central Europe campaign and, 169
Christian sacred space and, 11, 81–82,
96–102
conversion theory and, 21, 263n 66
Crete campaign and, 160–61, 288n 81
expedient selection and, 17
expulsion of Jews and, 8–9, 87,
88–91
Istanbul and, 8–9
Kamaniça and, 169, 173–75, 290n 41
light of Islam and, 175–76, 291n 51
Mehmed, Köprülü, and, 77–78
military fortress construction and,
85–86, 275n 25
modalities of conversion and, 5–6
place and landscape and, 16, 259n 31
Sufi s and, 259n 32
synagogue purchases and, 88
Turhan and, 7
unfi nished Eminönü mosque and,
86–87
Safavid empire, 247–49
Safi ye Sultan, 86
Saint Francis Church
Islamization of, 101, 278n 98
survival of, 100
Saint George Church, 100, 278n 93
self conversion, 7
Selim I, 148, 181
Selim II, 181
servitors, 42–43
Shariah court
convert motivations and, 4–5
Jewish neighborhood Islamization and,
90
Ottoman archival records of, 3, 4–5
sultanate and, 80, 273n 88
shrine destruction, 114, 280n 37
sign language, 187, 293n24
Silahdar
on Ali, Çatalcalı, 234
background of, 224
campaign against rebels and, 231
criticisms by, 224–25
drought and famine and, 231–32
harsh winter and, 234–35
hunting excesses and, 232–33
Mehmed IV’s death and, 240
Mehmed IV’s ghazi status and, 225
military coup and, 236–37
rebellion description by, 225–26
on religious neglect, 233
sipahis
Hippodrome battle and, 25–29
Mehmed, Köprülü, and, 77
Mustafa, İpşir, and, 47–48
Nebi rebellion and, 58–59
siege of Candia and, 54
1656 revolt by, 56–57
uprising of, 25–29
Solakzade, Mehmed Hemdani
Abdi Pasha and, 141
ethical-rhetorical history and, 41
Kadızadeli and, 67–68
Mehmed IV and, 28
Spiegel, Gabrielle, 40–41
“The Statute of the New Muslim”
conversion as conceived in, 192–93
conversion procedure in, 191
research practices and, 192
unanswered questions about, 193
Sufi s
crackdown on, 9
dervishes and, 21–22
dreams and, 188–89
expedient selection and, 259n 35
Kadızade and, 66
Kadızadeli movement and, 64
Mehmed IV and, 68–70
Mehmed, Vani, and, 112–15
Mughal empire and, 249
proselyting by, 21–22
sacred space and, 259n 32
Safavid empire and, 248–49
See also Bektashi Sufi s; Halveti Sufi s;
Mevlevi Sufi s
Suleiman I, 42, 142, 148
failed Vienna siege by, 213
hunting and, 181, 292n 6
parade and, 205
Suleiman I mosque, Sultan, 34, 83