| Description |
xii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
Praeger history of civilisation
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| Contents |
The origins of the Ottoman state -- From frontier principality to empire, 1354-1402 -- The interregnum and recovery -- The definitive establishment of the Ottoman empire, 1453-1526 -- The Ottoman state as a world power, 1526-96 -- The decline of the Ottoman empire -- The rise of the Ottoman dynasty -- The manner of accession to the throne -- The Ottoman concept of state and the class system -- Law: Sultanic law (Kânûn) and religious law (Şerîat) -- The palace -- The central administration -- The provincial administration and the Timasr system -- The Ottoman empire and international trade -- The Ottoman cities and the road network, urban population, guilds and merchants -- Learning, the Medrese and the Ulema -- Ottoman scholarship -- The triumph of fanaticism -- Popular culture and the Tarikats, mystic orders -- Genealogy of the Ottoman dynasty -- A chronology of Ottoman history. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 233-248. |
| Subject |
Turkey -- History -- 1288-1453.
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Turkey -- History -- 1453-1683.
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