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Tables of Contents for The Imperial Harem
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
4
Acknowledgments
xi
2
Glossary of Essential Terms
xiii
2
Notes on Transliteration and Translation
xv
2
List of Illustrations
xvii
1
Map of the Ottomans in Anatolia and Rumelia after Their Defeat by Timur (Tamerlane) in 1402
xviii
1
Map of the Ottoman Empire and Its Vassals during the Reign of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520-1566)
xix
Introduction: Myths and Realities of the Harem
3
12
Part I The Politics of Reproduction
15
138
1. The House of Osman
15
13
2. Wives and Concubines: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
28
29
3. The Age of the Favorite: 1520-1566
57
34
4. The Age of the Queen Mother: 1566-1656
91
22
5. The Imperial Harem Institution
113
40
Part II Women and Sovereign Power
153
114
6. Shifting Images of Ottoman Sovereignty
153
33
7. The Display of Sovereign Prerogative
186
33
8. The Politics of Diplomacy
219
10
9. The Exercise of Political Power
229
38
Conclusion: Women, Sovereignty, and Society
267
20
Appendix: Genealogical Charts
287
2
Notes
289
56
Bibliography
345
18
Index
363