Scholars and Sultans in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire

ISBN-13: 9781316630341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str.

Abdurrahman Atçıl

Opis

This book examines the transformation of scholars into scholar-bureaucrats and discusses ideology, law and administration in the Ottoman Empire.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Scholars during the Early Ottoman Period (1300–1453): 1. Post-Mongol realities in Anatolia and the Ottomans; 2. Madrasas and scholars in Ottoman lands; Part II. The Formation of the Hierarchy (1453–1530): 3. Introducing the Ottoman empire; 4. Scholars in Mehmed II's nascent imperial bureaucracy (1453–81); 5. Scholar-bureaucrats realise their power (1481–1530); Part III. The Consolidation of the Hierarchy (1530–1600): 6. The focus of attention changes; 7. The ascendance of dignitary scholar-bureaucrats (mevali); 8. The growth and extension of the hierarchy; 9. The rules and patterns of differentiation among scholar-bureaucrats; 10. The integration of scholar-bureaucrats in multiple career tracks; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.