Hadjikyriacou | 251local economies and populations suffered under the excessive profit-seeking be-
havior of regional magnates but what was the economic logic of these systems,
their degrees of legitimacy, and reproductive structures before they collapsed in
one way or another. It is abundantly clear that these questions did not concern
Hadjiyorgakis, who effectively behaved as an absentee landlord, showing little
concern for the sustainability of the local economy. Clearly, his eyes were set far
beyond the shores of the island.
Suggestions for Further Reading
Aymes, Marc. A Provincial History of the Ottoman Empire: Cyprus and the Eastern
Mediterranean in the Nineteenth Century. London: Routledge, 2014. This is a study
of Ottoman center-province interactions in nineteenth-century Cyprus.
Hadjikyriacou, Antonis. “Local Intermediaries and Insular Space in Late–18th Century
Ottoman Cyprus.” Journal of Ottoman Studies 44 (2014): 427–456. This article
examines three provincial intermediaries in Ottoman Cyprus.
Michael, Michalis N., Eftychios Gavriel, and Matthias Kappler, eds., Ottoman Cyprus: A
Collection of Studies in History and Culture. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009.
A collection of essays, this book brings together recent research on Ottoman Cyprus.
Philliou, Christine M. Biography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of
Revolution. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2011. This is a monograph on
nineteenth-century Phanariots and Ottoman governance.
Yaycıoğlu, Ali. “Provincial Power-Holders and the Empire in the Later Ottoman World:
Conflict or Partnership?” In The Ottoman World, edited by Christine Woodhead,
436–452. New York: Routledge, 2011. This is a concise introduction to provincial
power holders and Ottoman governance.
Notes
Research for this chapter was supported by a Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship within
the 7th European Community Framework Programme (project name: MedIns: Mediterra-
nean Insularities; project reference: 630030). Earlier versions of the chapter were presented at
the Princeton University workshop “The Greek Experience under Ottoman Rule,” the Cam-
bridge University conference “The Ottomans and Wealth,” and the 2007 annual meeting of the
Middle East Studies Association. I thank the organizers for inviting me and the participants
for their insightful and critical comments. Any shortcomings are, naturally, my own.
. Cabi Ömer Efendi, Cabi tarihi, 426–427. The name of the dragoman is incorrectly
transcribed by the editor as “Petraki.” For an explanation, see Hadjikyriacou, “Society and
Economy,” 261n800. All translations are mine.
. For the relevant bibliography, see Hadjikyriacou, “Society and Economy,” 261.
. For information on different kinds of dragomans, see Philliou, Biography of an Empire,
44–47; Stamatopoulos, “Constantinople in the Peloponnese”; and Veinstein, “The Ottoman
Administration.”
. Petition of the non-Muslims of Cyprus, February 7, 1805, Hatt-ı Hümayun [Imperial
Rescripts] 3375 F, Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivi (BOA) [Ottoman Prime Ministry Archives],
Istanbul, Turkey.