Financial and Administrative Organization and Development


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Since the opening of the Ottoman Archives, research on the history of the Ottoman Empire prior to 1800 has resulted primarily in the publication of individual financial and administrative records, sometimes with analysis. Dr. Shaw's study is the first effort to use all the available records concerning an individual province, synthesizing them into an exhaustive study of Egypt’s administration under Ottoman rule, from its conquest in 1517 until the French invasion of Egypt in 1798. A unique work of scholarship, the book shows in detail the changes made over the centuries, and is based both on the local archives and on the Imperial Ottoman archives located in Istanbul. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.













The Animal in Ottoman Egypt


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Animals in rural Egypt became enmeshed in social relationships and made possible many tasks otherwise impossible. Rather than focus on what animals represented or symbolized, Mikhail discusses their social and economic functions, as Ottoman Egypt cannot be understood without acknowledging animals as central shapers of the early modern world.




Jews in the Realm of the Sultans


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Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire has not been the subject of systematic research. The seventeenth century is the main object of this study, since it was a formative era. For Ottoman Jews, the 'Ottoman century' constituted an era of gradual acculturation to changing reality, parallel to the changing character of the Ottoman state. Continuous changes and developments shaped anew the character of this Jewry, the core of what would later become known as 'Sephardi Jewry'.Yaron Ben-Naeh draws from primary and secondary Hebrew, Ottoman, and European sources, the image of Jewish society in the Ottoman Empire. In the chapters he leads the reader from the overall urban framework to individual aspects. Beginning with the physical environment, he moves on to discuss their relationships with the majority society, followed by a description and analysis of the congregation, its organization and structure, and from there to the character of Ottoman Jewish society and its nuclear cell - the family. Special emphasis is placed throughout the work on the interaction with Muslim society and the resulting acculturation that affected all aspects and all levels of Jewish life in the Empire. In this, the author challenges the widespread view that sees this community as being stagnant and self-segregated, as well as the accepted concept of a traditional Jewish society under Islam.




Naval History 1680850


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This collection of essays sets out to present a sample of the rich diversity of writings on naval history in this period. The collection covers subjects ranging from strategy, operations and tactics, to administration, technology and the maritime economy. Within this volume the reader will be able to see essays that influenced the development of modern naval history through to samples of some of the latest research.




Studies in Ottoman and Turkish History


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Introduction: Life with the Ottomans ... 9 PART I. CLASSICAL OTTOMAN HISTORY 1) 'The Land Law of Ottoman Egypt (960-1553): A Contribution to the Study of Landholding in the Early Years of Ottoman Rule in Egypt, ' Der Islam, vol. 38 (1962), pp. 106-137. ... 19 2) 'The Ottoman View of the Balkans, ' The Balkans in Transition, ed. Ch. and B. Jelavich, (University of California, Press, 1963) pp. 56-80. ... 49 PART II. OTTOMAN MODERNIZATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: THE TANZIMAT 3) 'The Ottoman Empire and the Serbian Uprising, 1804- 1807', The First Serbian Uprising, 1804-1813, ed. W.S. Vucinich, (Brooklyn College Press, 1982) pp. 71-94 ... 71 4) 'Some Aspects of the Aims and Achievements of the Nineteenth Century Ottoman Reformers, ' Beginnings of Modernization in the Middle East: The Nineteenth Century, ed. W.R. Polk and R.L. Chambers (University of Chicago, 1968), pp. 29-39. ... 91 5) 'The Origins of Ottoman Military Reform: The Nizam-i Cedid Army of Sultan Selim III, ' Journal of Modern History, XXXVII/3 (September 1965), pp. 291-306 ... 101 6) 'The Established Ottoman Army Corps under Sultan Selim III (1789-1807), ' Der Islam, vol. 40 (1965), pp. 142-184. . 119 7) 'Selim III and the Ottoman Navy, ' Turcica I (1969), pp. 212-241. ... 159 8) 'The Origins of Representative Government in the Ottoman Empire: An Introduction to the Provincial Councils, 1839- 1876,' Near Eastern Round Table, 1967-68, ed. R. Bayly Winder (New York University, 1968), pp. 53-142. ... 183 9) 'The Central Legislative Councils in the Nineteenth Century Ottoman Reform Movement before 1876,' International Journal of Middle East Studies I (1969), pp. 51-84 ... 233 10) 'Local Administrations in the Tanzimat', 150. Ytlinda Tanzimat, ed. Hakli Dursun Ylldlz (Ankara 1993) pp 33- 49 . ... 269 11) 'The Nineteenth Century Ottoman Tax Reforms and Revenue System, ' International Journal of Middle East Studies VI (1975), pp. 421-459. ... 287 12) 'Sultan Abdiilhamid II: Last Man of the Tanzimat', Tanzimat'ln 150. Ytlddniimii Uluslararasi Sempozyumu: Bildiriler, (T.C. Kuiltiir Bakanllgl: Milli Kiitiiphane Basbakanhgl 1991) pp. 179-97. ... 329 13) 'The Ottoman Census System and Population, 1831-1914,' International Journal of Middle East Studies IX (1978), pp. 325-338 ... 351 14) 'Ottoman Population Movements during the Last Years of the Empire, 1885-1914: Some Preliminary Remarks, ' Osmanli Ara;strmalarnlJournal of Ottoman Studies I (Istanbul, 1980), pp. 191-205. ... 367 15) 'The Population of Istanbul in the Nineteenth Century, ' Tarih Dergisi XXXII (1979), pp. 403414. ... 381 16) 'Iranian Relations with the Ottoman Empire in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries' Cambridge History of Iran, vol. 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic (Cambridge University Press, 1991) pp. 297-313. ... 393 III. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND THE TURKISH REPUBLIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 17) 'Turkey from the Young Turk Revolution until World War II, ' Siidosteuropa-Handbuch IV: Tiirkei, ed. Klaus-Devlev Grothusen (Gottingen, 1985), pp. 27-56. ... 411 18) 'Turkey in the Great War, 1911-1923,' X. Turk Tarih Kongresi (Ankara, 1993), pp. 1707-1720. ... 441 19) 'The Political Success of Mustafa Kemal Atattirk during the First Year of the Turkish War for Independence, November 1918-July 1919,' Revue Internationale d'Histoire Militaire, no. 50: Edition turque (Ankara 1981), pp. 245-257. ... 453 20) 'The Resettlement of Refugees in Turkey during World War I and the Turkish War for Independence, 1917-1923.' The Turkish Studies Association Bulletin vol. 22, no. 1 (spring 1998), pp. 58-90. ... 463 21) 'Turks and Jews, ' Archivum Ottomanicum XIII (Harrasowitz Verlag, 1993-1994), pp. 313-327. ... 501 22) 'Christian Anti-Semitism in the Ottoman Empire' Belleten C. LIV Sa. 291 (Turk Tarih Kurumu 1990) pp. 1075-1149 515 IV. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN THE OTTOMAN AND TURKISH ARCHIVES 23) 'The Ottoman Archives as a Source for Egyptian History, ' Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 83, no. 4 (1963), pp. 447-452. ... 577 24) 'New Research Opportunities in the Ottoman Archives of Istanbul' Belleten C. LV III Sa. 222 (Turk Tarih Kurumu 1994). ... 587 25) 'The Archives of Turkey: An Evaluation, ' Wiener Zeitschrift fir die Kunde Des Morgenlandes, vol. 69 (1977), pp. 91-98 ... 595 26) 'Ottoman Archival Materials for the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: the Archives of Istanbul', International Journal of Middle East Studies, VI (1975) pp. 94-114. ... 601 27) 'Ottoman and Turkish Studies in the United States', The Ottoman State and its Place in World History, ed. K.H. Karpat (Leiden, 1974) pp. 118-129. ... 627.