Honored by the Glory of Islam. Conversion and Conquest in Ottoman Europe

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index 331


Suleiman II
enthroning of, 237
military coup and, 236–37
Suleiman Pasha, 235
sultanate
executions and, 143
faded power of, 141–44
historiographical debate
regarding, 20
Mehmed, Köprülü, and, 79–80
military campaigns and, 142
Ottoman Empire and, 78–80
Shariah court and, 80, 273n 88
sultans
conversion clothing and, 199
executions visited on, 143
faded power of, 141–44
hunting and, 181
Kadızadeli movement and, 68–72
life span of, 142
sign language and, 187, 293n 24
three, 211
See also specifi c sultans
Sunni Islamic law, 13
synagogue purchases, 88


Tarih-i Silahdar (Silahdar)
Ali, Çatalcalı, and, 234
campaign against rebels in, 231
criticisms in, 224–25
drought and famine in, 231–32
harsh winter in, 234–35
hunting excesses and, 232–33
Mehmed IV’s death in, 240
Mehmed IV’s ghazi status and, 225
military coup in, 236–37
plotting against Mehmed IV and, 235
rebellion description in, 225–26
religious neglect and, 233
tavern destruction, 117
theory, religious conversion
chronicles and sources about, 22,
263 n 69
communal identity, 18
converter focus and, 16, 23
converter motivation and, 23
element of faith and, 13
expedient selection and, 17–18, 259n35,
260 n 37
external conversion and, 13–14


fi nancial and social incentives for, 15
internal conversion and, 13
James and, 14
language and, 18, 260n 46
mediation and, 15–18
overview of author’s, 13–15
political framework and, 18, 260n 39
sacred space and, 22, 263n 66
scholarly approaches to, 15
siege of Vienna and, 23
space/place/landscape and, 17–18,
259 n 31
tobacco consumption, 66–67
tombs
Mehmed IV and, 253
Mehmed’s, Vani, 226, 297n 55
Turhan’s, Hatice, 217–18, 253
Topkapi Palace, 8, 9, 33
tourism, 278n 98
treasurer, palace, 199–200
treasury, 50, 200, 294n 46
turban, 198, 199
Turhan, Hatice
background on, 35
Christian property reclamation and, 97
death of, 217, 296n 28
Eminönü mosque complex and, 85,
86, 91–93
expulsion of Jews by, 87, 88–91
gender roles and, 60–61
ghaza and, 146
Hayatizade conversion and, 135–36
historical consciousness of, 8
Islamizing Istanbul and, 81–82
Jewish space conversion by, 85–91
Kadızadeli movement and, 69
Mehmed, Vani, and, 112
military fortress construction and,
85–86, 275n 25
mosque completion and, 91–93
mosque decoration and, 91
mosque opening and, 91–92
murder of Kösem regarding, 46
Mustafa, Kurdish Preacher, on, 87
physician conversions and, 9–10,
121–22, 132–38
piety and conversion link and, 7
power of, 61
royal tomb of, 217–18, 253
Turks, 206–8
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