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Tables of Contents for The Ottoman Empire
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PART ONE: AN OUTLINE OF OTTOMAN HISTORY, 1300--1600
Introduction: The Periods of Ottoman History
3
2
The Origins of the Ottoman State
5
4
From Frontier Principality to Empire, 1354--1402
9
8
The Interregnum and Recovery
17
6
The Definitive Establishment of the Ottoman Empire, 1453--1526
23
12
The Ottoman State as a World Power, 1526--96
35
6
The Decline of the Ottoman Empire
41
14
PART TWO: THE STATE
The Rise of the Ottoman Dynasty
55
4
The Manner of Accession to the Throne
59
6
The Ottoman Concept of State and the Class System
65
5
Law: Sultanic Law (Kanun) and Religious Law (Seriat)
70
6
The Palace
76
13
The Central Administration
89
15
The Provincial Administration and the Timar System
104
17
PART THREE: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE
The Ottoman Empire and International Trade
121
19
The Ottoman Cities and Road Network, Urban Population, Guilds and Merchants
140
25
PART FOUR: RELIGION AND CULTURE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Learning, the Medrese and the Ulema
165
8
Ottoman Scholarship
173
6
The Triumph of Fanaticism
179
7
Popular Culture and the Tarikats---Mystic Orders
186
18
Genealogy of the Ottoman Dynasty
204
3
A Chronology of Ottoman History
207
10
Glossary
217
10
Notes
227
6
Selected Bibliography
233
16
Index
249