A History of Ottoman Political Thought Up to the Early Nineteenth Century
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^169 distribution, especially when “by and by they turn to do business with cash” (n ...
170 chapter 4 the Sharia, he also attributes it to a need “to increase the number of Muslims” rather than to enhance the militar ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^171 An interesting point on which Ali departs from commonplace advice con- cerns hi ...
172 chapter 4 Kınalızade’s, with whom he had long discussions while both were serving in Damascus);46 instead, it was a delibera ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^173 to appoint unworthy men to high posts only because they were raised in his pala ...
174 chapter 4 “contrary to the rules”, hilaf-i kavanin: T1:66/163),49 upon whose “orderly main- tenance ... depends the maintena ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^175 did Ali; however, his attitude is clearly similar despite their different chara ...
176 chapter 4 practices (cevr ü bid’at); the lack of efficient and competent officials; of greedy people coming to power; the ex ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^177 started to trade; the magnates of the state took the foodstuff coming from the ...
178 chapter 4 whom the author serves for four years, arrives and tells him that not only will the dynasty go on, but 70 sultans ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^179 (“since there is no campaign”). The result is a revolt by both the soldiers, wh ...
180 chapter 4 If this applies to Ali’s later works, and especially to his universal history of dynasties, texts such as Selaniki ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^181 property (mal), which comes from custom (te’amül), that is, dealing with other ...
182 chapter 4 be more highly valued than any other qualities;65 in war, a stratagem is worth more than courage and might (I263–6 ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^183 Perhaps the field in which Akhisari’s advice departs the most from his Persian ...
184 chapter 4 the author’s time, however, these groups are destitute and the kapıkulu make fun of them. Furthermore, Ottoman arm ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^185 in the early 1590s and served under various viziers and commanders, taking part ...
186 chapter 4 admonition to the inhabitants of the Ottoman capital (ey kavm-i İslâmbol); later on, however, the exclamation “Oh ...
“Mirrors for Princes”: The Decline Theorists^187 the problems created for the peasants by monetization and the disruption of the ...
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