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Ottoman Historical Documents: The Institutions of an Empire


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This collection of translated primary sources for Ottoman history shows how the major institutions of Ottoman government developed and functioned. Each chapter covers a key topic: Legitimation and Titulature; Princes; Recruitment into the Sultan's service; the Vizierate and the Dvn; the Religio-Legal Institution; nnnmes (sultanic legislation); Taxation and Finance; Waqfs (endowments); and Treaties and Foreign Relations. Chapters include a brief introduction to provide context for the documents, annotations and a glossary explaining technical terminology and problems of interpretation.

Table of Contents:
The Islamic MonthsThe Ottoman Sultans, c1300–1687List of IllustrationsPrefaceMapsFigures Chapter I: The Dynasty: Legitimation and Titulature Section 1: The Assertions of the Chroniclers The voice of the dervishes: the dream of Ertoġrula. From the Anonymous Chroniclesb. From the Tevārīkh-i Āl-i ʿOṣmān The voice of the ġāzīs: how ʿOsmān became an independent ruler The voice of the ʿulemā: how ʿOsmān became an independent rulera. Kitab-ı Cihan-nüma about why ʿOsmān is called ġāzīb. Kitab-ı Cihan-nüma about how drum and standard came to ʿOsmān Pagan Turkish tradition: the genealogy of the Ottoman sultansa. Yazıcıoğlu ‘Alī on the line of ʿOsmānb. Şükrullāh on the line of ʿOsmān Conflation in the Oxford Anonymous Chronicle Section 2: Titulature: Caliphal Claims Inscription of Kayḫosrev II (1236–46) on the sea walls at Antalya Inscription on the tomb of the Aydın-oġlu Muḥammad (d. 1334) at Birgi Inscription of 1337. from the Şehadet Mosque in Bursa Inscription from a bridge in Ankara, dated 1375 Other inscriptions referring to Murād I Dedicatory notice in a Qurʾān preserved in the mausoleum of Murād I Inscription on the tomb of Bāyezīd I, dated 809/1406–7 Title-page of an almanac (in Persian), dated 824. (1421) A reference in Ṭursun Beg’s History of Meḥmed II A reference in Celālzāde’s History of Süleymān I Ebuʾs-Suʿūd’s proemium to his statement on ‘state lands’ The second deposition of Muṣṭafā I, 1623 Fatwās on the Ghalzay Ashraf, 1726 Süleymān I to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, 1554 Sources Chapter II: The Dynasty: Princes Section 1: The Appointment of Princes in the Early Fourteenth Century ʿOsmān’s sons Orḫān’s sons Orḫān’s sons, after the conquest of Nicaea Section 2: Princely Governorships Prince Ḳorkud leaves Istanbul for his governorship A letter from Prince ʿĀlemşāh’s mother Gülrūḥ to Bāyezīd II A decree of Prince Aḥmed to the yaya yoldaşlar A decree of Prince Selīm [II] A decree of Prince Meḥmed [III] Section 3: Fratricide Statement of the former Byzantine Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos The accession of Bāyezīd I, 1389a. From the Anonymous Chronicles The civil war (1402–13) The accession of Murād II, 1421 The accession of Bāyezīd II, 1481 The first accession of Meḥmed II, 1444 The second accession of Meḥmed II, 1451a. From Michael Doukas’s Historia Turco-Byzantinab. From Ibn Kemāl’s Tevârih-i Âl-i Osmân Popular criticism of fratricide: the story of the abdication of ʿAlī Pasha The accession of Meḥmed III, 1595 The accession of Aḥmed I, 1603 Sources Chapter III: The Dynasty: Recruitment into the Sultan’s Service Section 1: Pencik and Devşirme A decree regulating the pencik Tolls to be levied on slaves taken across the Bosphorus A template decree for levying boys for the devşirme A Janissary lobbies the sultan on behalf of his family Escaping the devşirme The recovery of a captured novice Section 2: Promotion to the Sultan’s Service Command to the aġa of the Janissaries, 1562/3 Command to the aġa of the Janissaries, 1567/8 Command to the aġa of the Janissaries, 1560/1 Command to the aġa of the Janissaries, 1573/4 Command to the aġa of the Janissaries, 1583 The pay of palace servants: an account register from 1478 Section 3: Berāts The appointment of a preacher in Bursa The appointment of a beglerbegi The appointment of a ḳāḍī The appointment of a metropolitan The appointment of mountain guards Sources Chapter IV: The Vizierate and the Dīvān The Āṣaf-nāme of Luṭfī Paşa The dīvān: a Venetian account Submissions to the sultana. Submission of the vizier Yemişçi Ḥasan Paşab. Submission of the vizier Yemişçi Ḥasan Paşac. Submission of the vizier Yemişçi Ḥasan Paşad. Submission of the vizier Yemişçi Ḥasan Paşae. Submission of Yemişçi Ḥasan Paşaf. Submission of the grand vizier Meḥmed Paşa The sultan’s written instructions Death of a grand vizier: report of Henry Lello Sources Chapter V: The Provincial Administration and the Tīmār System From the report of Iacopo de Promontorio, c1475–80 An entry in a tīmār-register, with marginal notesa. Tīmār of İnebegi and Ḥüseyn, sons of serʿasker Ḥasanb. [Possibly relating to the village of Yılınça]c. [possibly relating to the village of Pirvol] Two entries from the detailed register of Āmid, 1518a. Tīmār of Yemini the Kurd, a sipāhī of the sancaḳ of Āmidb. Tīmār of Saʿduʾllāh the yaṣavul, a sipāhī of the sancaḳ of Āmid Sundry marginal notes in a summary-register of c1445, Thessaloniki etc. Marginal notes in a similar register of 1455, Skopjea. Tīmār of Mūsā, retainer (ḥidmetkār) of ʿĪsā Begb. Tīmār of Yūsuf, kinsman of the mīr-aḫur Ḥamza Beg Two tīmār grantsa. Thessaloniki: the tīmār of Meḥmedb. Yalaḳabad [in the sancaḳ of] Ḳocaeli Conversion of privately-owned revenue to a ḫāṣṣ-estate A call for volunteers before the Moldavian campaign, 1484 Submissions by and to the sancaḳ begi of Bosnia, c1512–14a. The sancaḳ begi of Işkodra to Yūnus Paşa of Bosniab. The sancak begi of Zvornik to Yūnusc. The sancaḳbegi of Bosnia to the nāʾib of Visokad. The sancaḳ begi of Bosnia to the Portee. The sancaḳbegi of Bosnia to the Portef. The sancaḳbegi of Bosnia to the Porteg. The sancaḳbegi of Bosnia to the Paşah. The sancaḳbegi of Bosnia to the Paşa ‘The good old days’ Sources Chapter VI: The Religio-Legal Institution Section 1: Law and Religious Practice Passages on the law of sale from Ḥanafī legal textsa. From al-Matn of al-Qudūrī (d. 1037)b. From al-Ikhtiyār fī taʿlīl al-Mukhtār of al-Mūṣilī (d. 1284)c. From al-Fatāwā of Qāḍīkhān (d. 1195) A fatwā on the application of Shāfiʿī doctrine A fatwā on acquiring land for a new mosque construction A fatwā on taxing land occupied by descendants of the Prophet A fatwā on a ḳāḍī granting unauthorised tax exemptions A fatwā on Rumelian ḳāḍīs issuing ḥüccets A fatwā on sipāhīs taking a tithe A fatwā on Muslim villagers neglecting prayer A fatwā on money fines for neglecting prayer A fatwā on executing a repentant heretic şeyḫ Command to the sancaḳbegi of Amasya Command to the sancaḳbegi of Amasya, İlyās beg To the sancaḳbegi of Kastamonu and the ḳāḍī of Küre To the ḳāḍī of Niksar Section 2: The Administration of Law A ḥüccet on repairs to a monastery on Mount Athos A ḥüccet on returning a defective slave-girl to the vendor A sicill-entry on the sale of a vacant site by a Muslim to a dhimmi A sicill-entry on a debt owed by a dhimmī to a Muslim A sicill-entry on a money loan A sicill-entry on the daughter of a recent convert A sicill-entry on divorce and the legality of the wife’s second marriage A sicill-entry on cloth measuring short A sicill-entry on unsatisfactory goods A sicill-entry on a complaint by the weavers’ guild A sicill-entry on a smith not receiving his dues A sicill-entry on the payment of tax on a slave girl A sicill-entry on the ownership of sheep A sicill-entry on a burglary A sicill-entry on a violent argument between father and son A sicill-entry of a command to the sancaḳbegis and ḳāḍīs of Anaṭolı A sicill-entry of a command to the ḳāḍī and the inspector of muḳāṭaʿas A fatwā on contracting marriage between minors A fatwā on the validity of contracting marriage without the ḳāḍī A fatwā on re-marrying without intermediate marriage A fatwā on giving customs money as zakāt A fatwā on giving alms A fatwā on a preacher’s statement about a ḳāḍī A fatwā on the testimony of foreign merchants (ḥarbī) against a dhimmī A fatwā on a Christian woman’s charitable endowment A fatwā on the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul and its surroundings A fatwā on slaves purchasing slaves of their own A fatwā on the sultan’s slaves contracting marriages A fatwā on a ḳāḍī acting outside his jurisdiction A fatwā on the dismissal of a debauched ḳāḍī A fatwā on the death of a falsely accused person after wrongful torture A fatwā on extortionate loan transactions A fatwā on tax income for sipāhīs A fatwā on tax income, including in kind, for sipāhīs A fatwā on bennāk tax A fatwā on capitation tax (ispençe), grape tithe and taxes on pigs A fatwā on a rebellious son of the sultan A fatwā on those who lead the sultan astray A fatwā on deposing a sultan who disturbs order by accepting bribery A fatwā on the legality of killing fomenters of corruption A fatwā on punishment for a thief stealing from the imperial treasury Sources Chapter VII: Ḳānūnnāmes The ‘Kraelitz text’ The ḳānūnnāme of Ḫüdāvendgār, 1487 Extracts from the ‘general’ ḳānūnnāme, c1500 The ḳānūnnāme of Siverek, 1518 The ḳānūnnāme of Sīs, 1518 The ḳānūnnāme of Nikopol, reign of Süleymān Ia. Instructions on dealing with the tīmārs of the districtb. Exposition of the ḳānūnnāme of the voynuḳs Extracts from the ḳānūnnāme of Egypt, after 1525 Sources Chapter VIII: Taxation and Finance Annual income and expenditure of the Imperial Treasurya. An estimate of treasury income and expenditure, c1475–80b. An estimate of treasury income and expenditure for the years 1527–8 Customs and muḳāṭaʿasa. Entry from a register of muḳāṭaʿasb. Entry from a register of muḳāṭaʿasc. A decree granting a muḳāṭaʿad. The problems of a tax-farmere. Demand for the delivery of payment due from a tax-farmf. Tax avoidanceg. Tax arrangements in newly conquered fortified townsh. A command written to the ḳāḍī and the fortress-commander of Kili Silver minesa. Instructions to a farmer of silver mines b. Extract from a register for Bosnia, 1489 Jizyaa. Instructions to a jizya-collectorb. Two extracts from a jizya registerc. Accounts for the jizya of the infidels of the vilāyet of Menlik Debasement of the coinagea. Debasement under Meḥmed IIb. A debasement heralds a mutiny Sources Chapter IX: Waqfs Section 1: Foundation and Function Founding a waqf A vizieral waqf A new waqf Waqfs established by conquerors and colonisersa. The waqf of Murād Ib.The waqf of the Ṣaru Şeyḫc. Note protecting dervishes who descend from the district’s conqueror The Waqf of Mūsāa. A note on the village of Ḳızıl Delü, 1412b. A register entry on the waqf of Ḳızıl Delü, sixteenth centuryc. A renewed berāt for Ḳızıl Delü Sultan’s waqf, 1641/2d. An undated register entry on the waqf of Ḳızıl Delüe. Note appended to an undated register entry on the waqf of Ḳızıl Delü The Waqf of Orḫān Waqfs in declinea. The Waqf of Dervīş Bāyezīd in Seydī Kavaġıb. The Waqf of Saġrı Ḫatunc. Waqf of the zāviye of Ḳāḍī Ṣalāḥuʾd-Dīn The waqfīya of Selçük bint ʿAbduʾllāh, freedwoman of Meḥmed Section 2: Problems A cash and family waqf Cash and charitable waqfsa. The Waqf of charitable donors (erbāb-i ḫayrāt) in the quarterb. Waqf of charitable donorsc. Waqf of Ḥāccī Meḥmed in the village of Şeynelüd. The Waqf of Ḥāccī Ḥasan b. Ūrūc the Felter Cash waqfs: Questions of legalitya. A question on donating profit from interestb. A question on interestc. A question on using legal devicesd. A question on making restitution for not lending out waqf moneys Sources Chapter X: Treaties and Foreign Relations The Genoese treaty with Murād I, 1387 The Byzantine-Turkish Treaty of 1403 The peace settlement of 1444a. The sworn statement of Ibrāhīm Beg of Ḳaramān, 1444b. The Treaty of Edirne, 1444 A grant of peace and of free passage for merchants An offer to pay tribute The peace terms offered by Süleymān I to Charles V, 1547 The English capitulations, 1580 The troubles of an ambassador Latin text of the agreement at Zsitva-Torok, 1606 Sources Glossary; Bibliography; Index

About the Author :
V. L. Ménage (1920-2015) was Professor of Turkish at SOAS, London. Colin Imber was formerly a Reader in Turkish at the University of Manchester.


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  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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  • Sub Title: The Institutions of an Empire
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