The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923Longman, 1997 - 406 pages This is an introductory survey of Ottoman history from earliest times to the end of the Empire, written for both students and non-specialists. Although it offers a broad account of events, it is not primarily a political narrative of the Ottoman territories; rather, it investigates the world of the Ottoman Turks themselves, exploring their political, social and economic systems, and examining the lives and customs of ordinary people, as well as of the ruling classes. |
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Page 78
... hands as timars . However , the bureaucratic apparatus of the state remained in the hands of the devşirme . If he had lived longer , Mehmet might have created a more balanced administration , but he died in 1481 at the age of forty ...
... hands as timars . However , the bureaucratic apparatus of the state remained in the hands of the devşirme . If he had lived longer , Mehmet might have created a more balanced administration , but he died in 1481 at the age of forty ...
Page 79
... hands of the Europeans . Though defeated , Cem remained popular . The Turkish notables resented the triumph of the devşirme and many would have rallied to a renewed threat to unseat Bayezit . Because Cem was in the hands of the ...
... hands of the Europeans . Though defeated , Cem remained popular . The Turkish notables resented the triumph of the devşirme and many would have rallied to a renewed threat to unseat Bayezit . Because Cem was in the hands of the ...
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... hands . The military heads who had failed against the Venetians and Celalis were executed . Those who were corrupt , as well as many whose only crime may have been to oppose dictatorial rule , were ruthlessly killed . Tens of thousands ...
... hands . The military heads who had failed against the Venetians and Celalis were executed . Those who were corrupt , as well as many whose only crime may have been to oppose dictatorial rule , were ruthlessly killed . Tens of thousands ...
Contents
Origins of the Turks to 1281 | 1 |
The First Ottomans 12811446 | 33 |
The Ottoman Classical Age 14461566 | 65 |
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Abdülaziz Abdülhamit administration Allies Arab areas Armenian Asia ayans Balkan Wars Balkans Bayezit began Black Sea Bosphorus British Bulgaria bureaucrats Byzantine capital Celali central Anatolia Christian conquest Constantinople Crimea defeated devşirme Diyarbakır eastern Anatolia economic Edirne Egypt enemies European fighting governors Grand Vezir Greek groups guilds houses Iran Iraq Islamic Istanbul İzmir Janissaries Konya land leaders lived Mahmud major makers Mamluk marriage Mehmet Mehmet II merchants Middle East Middle Eastern military modern mosques Murat Murat IV Muslim Mustafa nationalism nationalist needed nineteenth century officials Osman Ottoman army Ottoman Empire Ottoman Europe Ottoman government Ottoman system palace Paşa peasants political population provinces rebels reform refugees region reign religion religious revolt rule rulers Rum Seljuks Russians Safavids schools Selim Serbia slaves soldiers Süleyman sultan Syria Tanzimat Tatars taxes territory Thrace timar took trade traditional troops Turkish Turkish nomads Turks villages wars Western women