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Istanbul exchanges : Ottomans, Orientalists, and nineteenth-century visual culture
\"A vibrant artistic milieu emerged in the late-nineteenth century Istanbul that was extremely heterogeneous, including Ottoman, Ottoman-Armenian, French, Italian, British, Polish and Ottoman-Greek artists. Roberts analyzes the ways artistic output intersected with the broader political agenda of a modernizing Ottoman state. She draws on extensive original research, bringing together sources in Turkey, England, France, Italy, Armenia, Poland and Denmark. Five chapters each address a particular issue related to transcultural exchange across the east-west divide that is focused on a particular case study of art, artistic patronage, and art exhibitions in nineteenth-century Istanbul\"--Provided by publisher.
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The Young Turks' crime against humanity : the Armenian genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Ottoman Empire
Introducing evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects.
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Architectural Revolution on the Ottoman Frontier
In the early nineteenth century, the most consequential
developments in Ottoman architecture were taking place not in
Istanbul but in the farthest reaches of imperial territory. Emily
Neumeier investigates this wider phenomenon through a consideration
of the architecture of Ali Pasha of Ioannina, one of the most
prolific patrons in the history of the Ottoman Empire, who
undertook a building program so ambitious that it ultimately got
him killed.
Ali Pasha is still a household name in present-day Greece and
Albania, where he served as Ottoman governor from 1788 to 1822. To
consolidate his rule over an incredibly diverse population, the
governor set out on a sweeping building program that included
mosques, palaces, military fortifications, dervish lodges, and even
Orthodox Christian monasteries. Drawing upon a wealth of primary
sources, Neumeier reveals how Ali Pasha's buildings shifted the
sociopolitical order by testing the standards of patronage
established by the imperial court and relocating administrative
authority from center to province. To reconstruct the world that
Ali Pasha built, Neumeier draws from both extensive fieldwork and
abundant archival material, whose far-flung nature-from Istanbul to
London-reflects the impressively wide scope of Ali Pasha's
influence.
Rigorously researched and packed with fascinating stories, this
book presents an innovative spatial history of the Ottoman frontier
during the age of revolutions, a pivotal period in the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when there was no obvious
blueprint for power. It will be of interest to specialists in art
and architectural history, the Ottoman Empire, and Mediterranean,
Islamic, and Modern Greek studies.
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Society, Law, and Culture in the Middle East
Society, Law, and Culture in the Middle East: “Modernities” in the Making is an edited volume that seeks to deepen and broaden our understanding of various forms of change in Middle Eastern and North African societies during the Ottoman period. It offers an in-depth analysis of reforms and gradual change in the longue durée, challenging the current discourse on the relationship between society, culture, and law. The focus of the discussion shifts from an external to an internal perspective, as agency transitions from “the West” to local actors in the region. Highlighting the ongoing interaction between internal processes and external stimuli, and using primary sources in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, the authors and editors bring out the variety of modernities that shaped south-eastern Mediterranean history. The first part of the volume interrogates the urban elite household, the main social, political, and economic unit of networking in Ottoman societies. The second part addresses the complex relationship between law and culture, looking at how the legal system, conceptually and practically, undergirded the socio-cultural aspects of life in the Middle East. Society, Law, and Culture in the Middle East consists of eleven chapters, written by well-established and younger scholars working in the field of Middle East and Islamic Studies. The editors, Dror Ze'evi and Ehud R. Toledano, are both leading historians, who have published extensively on Middle Eastern societies in the Ottoman and post-Ottoman periods.
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A cultural history of the Ottomans : the imperial elite and its artefacts
The Ottoman Empire was more than a center of military and economic activity; it was a vivid and flourishing cultural realm. The artefacts and objects remaining from all corners of this vast empire tell us a great deal about the everyday concerns of the Ottomans. In this book, Faroqhi, a leading historian on the Ottoman Empire, has selected the most revealing, surprising and striking examples of the artefacts which illuminate the lesser-known cultural and artistic world of the Ottomans. Each image reproduced in full color is deftly linked to the latest historiography, and the social, political and economic implications of her selections are never forgotten. In Faroqhi's hands, the objects become ways to learn more about trade, gender and socio-political status. They open an enticing window onto the variety and color of everyday life; from the Sultan's court, to the peasantry and slavery. Amongst its luxuriant faiences and etchings, its sofras and carpets, \"A Cultural History of the Ottomans\" is essential reading for all students of the Ottoman Empire and its material culture.\"
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The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire
The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire explores the serious and far-reaching impacts of Little Ice Age climate fluctuations in Ottoman lands. This study demonstrates how imperial systems of provisioning and settlement that defined Ottoman power in the 1500s came unraveled in the face of ecological pressures and extreme cold and drought, leading to the outbreak of the destructive Celali Rebellion (1595–1610). This rebellion marked a turning point in Ottoman fortunes, as a combination of ongoing Little Ice Age climate events, nomad incursions and rural disorder postponed Ottoman recovery over the following century, with enduring impacts on the region's population, land use and economy.
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The Ottomans and the Mamluks
Beginning on the eve of oceanic exploration, and the first European forays into the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, The Ottomans and the Mamluks traces the growth of the Ottoman Empire from a tiny Anatolian principality to a world power, and the relative decline of the Mamluks-historic defenders of Mecca and Medina and the rulers of Egypt and Syria. Cihan Yuksel Muslu traces the intertwined stories of these two dominant Sunni Muslim empires of the early modern world, setting out to question the view that Muslim rulers were historically concerned above all with the idea of Jihad against non-Muslim entities. Through analysis of the diplomatic anad military engagements around the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean, Muslu traces the interactions of these Islamic super-powers and their attitudes towards the wider world. This is the first detailed study of one of the most important political and cultural relationships in early-modern Islamic history.
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