Studies on Ottoman Social History in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Women, Zimmis and Sharia Courts in Kayseri, Cyprus and Trabzon

A selection of essays by Professor Ronald C. Jennings on the social and economic history of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61143-730-0

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Series: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies39

Publication Date: Feb 25,2011

Interior Color: Black

Trim Size: 6 x 9

Page Count: 730

Languages: English

ISBN: 978-1-61143-730-0

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This book comprises a selection of essays by Professor Ronald C. Jennings, one of the pioneers in the Ottoman social history, on the social and economic history of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries. Professor Jennings is the first researcher who realized the potentials of Ottoman kadi registers and studied them to expose the lives of inferior members of the Ottoman society, such as craftsmen, women, non-Muslims, slaves and freedmen, who are generally under-represented in written evidence. Articles in this book focus on three localities, Kayseri, Cyprus and Trabzon, to discuss various aspects of the Ottoman society including economic relations, law, population and minorities. Not only a comprehensive picture of the Ottoman social life in the 16th and 17th centuries is presented, but also many preconceptions regarding the Ottoman social history are questioned.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (page 7)
INTRODUCTION by Suraiya FAROQHI (page 9)
KAYSARIYYA (page 13)
THE POPULATION, SOCIETY, AND ECONOMY OF THE REGION OF ERCIYES DAGI IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY* (page 23)
THE LEGAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN KAYSERI, A LARGE OTTOMAN CITY, 1590-1630 (page 117)
WOMEN IN EARLY 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN JUDICIAL RECORDS - THE SHARIA COURT OF ANATOLIAN KAYSERI* (page 145)
LOANS AND CREDIT IN EARLY 17th CENTURY OTTOMAN JUDICIAL RECORDS (page 203)
LIMITATIONS OF THE JUDICIAL POWERS OF THE KADI IN 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN KAYSERI1 (page 249)
THE OFFICE OF VEKIL (WAKIL) IN 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN SHARIA COURTS (page 279)
KADI, COURT, AND LEGAL PROCEDURE IN 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN KAYSERI (page 297)
FIREARMS, BANDITS, AND GUN-CONTROL: SOME EVIDENCE ON OTTOMAN POLICY TOWARDS FIREARMS IN THE POSSESSION OF REAYA, FROM JUDICIAL RECORDS OF KAYSERI, 1600-1627* (page 329)
ZIMMIS (NON-MUSLIMS) IN EARLY 17th CENTURY OTTOMAN JUDICIAL RECORDS: THE SHARIA COURT OF ANATOLIAN KAYSERI (page 349)
SAKALTUTAN FOUR CENTURIES AGO (page 415)
LEFKOSHA, (page 427)
MAGHOSHA, (page 435)
THE POPULATION, TAXATION, AND WEALTH IN THE CITIES AND VILLAGES OF CYPRUS, ACCORDING TO THE DETAILED POPULATION SERVEY (DEFTER-I MUFASSAL) OF 1572* (page 441)
VILLAGE AGRICULTURE IN CYPRUS (page 465)
THE LOCUST PROBLEM IN CYPRUS (page 473)
DIVORCE IN THE OTTOMAN SHARIA COURT OF CYPRUS, 1580-1640* (page 519)
PILGRIMS VIEW THE WOMEN OF THE ISLAND OF VENUS* (page 533)
THE USE OF OATHS OF DENIAL AT AN OTTOMAN SHARIA COURT LEFKOSA (NICOSIA), 1580-1640 (page 541)
BLACK SLAVES AND FREE BLACKS IN OTTOMAN CYPRUS, 1590-1640* (page 555)
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES IN THE CYPRUS TURKISH FEDERATED STATE: OTTOMAN EMPIRE, BRITISH EMPIRE, CYPRUS REPUBLIC (page 569)
THE SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF MACUKA IN THE OTTOMAN JUDICIAL REGISTERS OF TRABZON, 1560-1640* (page 585)
PIOUS FOUNDATIONS IN THE SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF OTTOMAN TRABZON, 1565-1640 (page 615)
PLAGUE IN TRABZON AND REACTIONS TO IT ACCORDING TO LOCAL JUDICIAL REGISTERS (page 669)
URBAN POPULATION IN ANATOLIA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY: A STUDY OF KAYSERI, KARAMAN, AMASYA, TRABZON, AND ERZURUM (page 679)
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE GAZI-THESIS (page 721)

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