index 329
Necati, Mehmed, 147
Nedim, Ahmed, 243
Nihadi
Parthenios III and, 59–60
view of Mehmed IV by, 244
Ocak, Ahmed Yaşar, 74
Ortaköy, 32
Osman II, 238
Ottoman Empire
author’s unique perspective on, 12–13
as bureaucratic and sedentary, 141
conversion debate and, 21–23,
263 n66, 263n 69
co-option of rebels in, 130
Crete siege by, 53–55, 56, 154–59
decline of, 255
duty of, 209
Europe and, 23, 210
expansion of, 10
fi nancial challenges of, 48–53
ghaza/jihad debate and, 20–21, 261n52,
262 n 55
grand viziers and royal women in, 45–48
historians, 139
Mecca and, 163
mercenary units and upstart military
and, 43
Mughal empire and, 248, 249
Nebi rebellion in, 58–59
political economy changes in, 43–44
Safavid empire and, 247–49
Shariah court and, 3, 4–5
1656 revolt in, 56–57
sultanate and, 78–80
Venetian navy defeat and, 77–78
Venetian shipping lane blockade and,
57–58
palace treasurer, 199–200
Pamuk, Orhan, 163, 182
Parthenios III, 59–60, 269n 119
physician(s), palace
cleansing of, 137
conversions of, 9–10, 121–22, 132–38
decline of Jewish, 137–38, 285n 56
Fevzi as, 134, 284n 43
history regarding, 132–33, 283nn29–30
numbers of, 133–34
rise of Christian, 138
salaries of, 133
piety
Chronicle and, 107–8
conversion link with, 6
Mehmed IV’s newfound, 9–11
resistance of, 67–68
Piterberg, Gabriel, 141
Polish campaign, fi rst
background on, 163–64
outset of, 167
sacred space conversion in, 169
surrender terms in, 168–69
victory in, 168
weather challenges of, 167–68
Polish campaign, second, 163–64
politics
Christian space and, 99
conversion and, 7
economy and, 43–44
Kösem Sultan and, 35, 36
palace factional, 46
religious conversion and, 18
theory, religious conversion, and, 18,
260 n 39
Vienna sieges and, 221–27
prohibition, 118–19
property reclamation, 97–99
purse of coins, 202Qur’anic commentary (of Mehmed, Vani)
Constantinople and, 207
conversion and conquest link in, 206
duty and, 209
incitement to conquest conversion in,
206–10
Isaac/Turk link in, 207–8
Manzikert battle in, 208–9
Turks and Arabs and, 206–7
Turks history in, 208
Vienna siege regarding, 209–10rebellion
fi nancial challenges leading to, 52–53
general, 59
Nebi’s, 58–59
Parthenios III and, 59–60, 269n 119
religious geography
Crete and, 160–61, 288n 81
Islamizing Istanbul and, 81–82
Istanbul’s, 87–88