The Frontiers of the Ottoman WorldA.C.S. Peacock This is the first major comparative study of the frontiers of the Ottoman Empire, one of the crucial forces that shaped the modern world. The essays combine archaeological and historical approaches to further understanding of how this major empire approached the challenge of controlling frontiers as diverse and far-flung as Central and Eastern Europe, Anatolia, Iraq, Arabia, and the Sudan. Ranging across the 15th to early 20th centuries, essays cover frontier fortifications, administration, society, and economy and shed light on the Ottomans' interaction with their neighbours, both Muslim and Christian, through warfare, trade and diplomacy. As well as summing up the current state of knowledge they also point the way to fresh avenues of research. The Frontiers of the Ottoman World will be essential reading for historians and archaeologists of the Middle East and early modern Central and Eastern Europe. Giving a particular prominence to the nascent discipline of Ottoman archaeology, the volume will also be of particular interest to students of Islamic archaeology. |
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Page 162
... centre , and certainly preserved there , is testimony to the key role played by officials at the centre . While Akkerman was a nexus for trade and the surrounding steppe supported herd- ing and some agriculture , all of which generated ...
... centre , and certainly preserved there , is testimony to the key role played by officials at the centre . While Akkerman was a nexus for trade and the surrounding steppe supported herd- ing and some agriculture , all of which generated ...
Page 235
... centre managed state affairs . By 1908 , the number of civil officials had risen to 35-50,000.1 The numbers had increased as the range of centralised state functions rose : Istanbul added responsibility for public services such as urban ...
... centre managed state affairs . By 1908 , the number of civil officials had risen to 35-50,000.1 The numbers had increased as the range of centralised state functions rose : Istanbul added responsibility for public services such as urban ...
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... centre supported each other in the few matters considered crucial to the interests of each . Istanbul was frequently annoyed by , but overlooked , Ali's oppression of rivals and subordinates , as long as frontier security and the ...
... centre supported each other in the few matters considered crucial to the interests of each . Istanbul was frequently annoyed by , but overlooked , Ali's oppression of rivals and subordinates , as long as frontier security and the ...
Contents
Defining and Mapping the Ottoman Frontier in | 31 |
Rivers Forests | 57 |
The Ottoman Conquest of Arabia and the Syrian Hajj Route | 81 |
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Aden Africa akçes Akkerman fortress Anatolia Ankara Aqaba Arab Arabia archaeology archival army Balkans Bihać Black Sea border British Academy building C.Hariciye Cambridge campaign Caroline Finkel castle centre ceramics Christian conquest construction Danube defence documents early east eastern Egypt eighteenth century European Evliya Çelebi excavations Figure fortifications forts Funj garrison governor Hapsburg Hungarian Hungary Ibid imperial İnalcık Ionian Iraq Islamic island Istanbul Iznik Janissaries Karamanid Kelefa kilometres Konya Krajina land late London Ma'an Mamluk Mediterranean Mehmed Mehmed II metres modern mosque Muslim nineteenth century northern Osmanlı Ottoman administration Ottoman Empire Ottoman frontier Ottoman period Ottoman rule palanka Pasha political population port yard pottery province region river route Rumbek Safavid sancak Seddülbahir seventeenth century Seyahatname Shi'i sixteenth century slaves soldiers Studies Suakin Sudan Süleyman Sultan Tarihi territory timar towers town trade troops Turkish University Press Vidin walls Yemen zariba