The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 : the structure of power /

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Main Author: Imber, Colin (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.

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Call Number: DR486 .I63 2002

Table of Contents:
  • Map 1. Anatolia, c. 1340
  • Map 2. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire
  • Map 3. The borders of the Ottoman Empire, sixteenth/seventeenth centuries
  • Map 4. The Ottoman-Habsburg frontier, 1600
  • Map 5. Ottoman Provinces, sixteenth century
  • 1. Chronology The Ottoman Empire in 1650 Before the Ottomans The Ottoman Emirate: from triumph to disaster, 1300-1402 The Ottoman Emirate: civil war and recovery, 1402-51 The Ottoman Empire: conquest and consolidation, 1451-1512 The apogee of Empire, 1512-90 The Ottoman times of trouble, 1590-1650 2. The Dynasty Reproduction and family structure Succession Legitimisation 3. Recruitment 4. The Palace Palaces The household The Imperial Council 5. The Provinces Provinces Sanjaks Fiefs The provinces transformed 6. The Law Legal communities The sacred law Colleges, muftis and judges The secular law 7. The Army The fourteenth century 1400-1590: troops 1400-1590: weapons 1400-1590: tactics After 1590: the military revolution 8. The Fleet.