Living in the Ottoman Realm. Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries

164 | A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity Mihrimah appears to have been a favorite child, with her brother Mehmed, o ...

Isom-Verhaaren|165 . Peirce, Imperial Harem, 61; Fisher, “Süleymân and His Sons,” 117–124. . Peirce, Imperial Harem, 139–143. ...

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part III th through th Centuries Upheaval and Transformation: From Conquest to Administrative State The seventeenth and eigh ...

168 | Living in the Ottoman Realm the past to supply desperately needed revenue, new power groups arose among local provincial n ...

17th through 18th Centuries | 169 subjects fled the empire, seeking to improve their situations, while others sought to strength ...

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 The Sultan’s Advisors and Their Opinions on the Identity of the Ottoman Elite, – Linda T. Darling Ottoman authors wro ...

172 | The Identity of the Ottoman Elite The military was central to the empire’s political, social, and economic orga- nization ...

Darling|173 After the mid-fifteenth century, many viziers and advisors had backgrounds as sipahis or devşirme recruits, and oppo ...

174 | The Identity of the Ottoman Elite Ottoman Identity in an Era of Change Warfare in Süleyman’s later reign was often success ...

Darling|175 outsiders and promoted them in return for bribes. He did not attribute this prob- lem to population growth among the ...

176 | The Identity of the Ottoman Elite Another characteristic of true Ottomans that Ali constantly reiterated was their freedom ...

Darling|177 governors and officials like them, and their other assistants, soldiers serv- ing the sword. And what is the work sp ...

178 | The Identity of the Ottoman Elite officers. Whether their incompetence was due to the promotion of less skilled individu ...

Darling|179 loans or tax collection. Even the regular Janissaries accused these outsiders of misbehavior, since they were rivals ...

180 | The Identity of the Ottoman Elite *** The reality was that there was no going back to the conditions of Süleyman’s time. M ...

Darling|181 Tietze. 2 vols. Vienna: Österreischschen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1979–1982. This diatribe by an Ottoman officia ...

 Fleeing “the Vomit of Infidelity” Borders, Conversion, and Muslim Women’s Agency Eric Dursteler In late March 1637, the might ...

Dursteler | 183 Whether her marriage was voluntary or coerced, Maria never converted to Islam and continued to live as a devout ...