
The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent
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Chapters (452)
- THE GOVERNMENT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
- INTRODUCTION
- Ideas Constitute a Nation
- The Background of Ottoman History
- Character and Mission of the Ottoman Empire
- The Racial Descent of the Ottoman Turks
- Seljuk and Ottoman Turks in Asia Minor
- The Sources of Ottoman Culture
- CHAPTER I THE CHARACTER OF THE OTTOMAN STATE IN GENERAL
- Definition
- The Limitations on Despotism
- The Territorial Basis
- The Peoples
- Institutions of Government
- Contemporary Descriptions of the Two Great Institutions
- CHAPTER II THE OTTOMAN RULING INSTITUTION: AS A SLAVE-FAMILY
- I. General Description
- II. The Slave-Family
- Methods of Recruiting
- The Tribute Boys
- Estimate of the System
- The Slave Status
- The Harem, the Eunuchs, and the Royal Family
- Other Ottoman Slave-Families
- Character of Ottoman Slavery
- CHAPTER III THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
- I. The Missionary Motive
- The Ottoman Attitude
- Other Motives for Incorporating Christians
- The Requirement of Conversion
- Sincerity of Conversion
- Effect of the Process
- II. The Educational Scheme
- The Colleges of Pages
- The Harem
- The Ajem-oghlans
- Advancement Based on Merit
- Punishments
- CHAPTER IV THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS AN ARMY
- The Military Aspect
- The Janissaries[287]
- The Succession to the Throne
- The Spahis of the Porte[325]
- The Feudal Spahis[337]
- Officers of the Feudal Spahis
- Other Bodies of Troops
- Discipline and Ardor
- The Supreme Command
- Indivisibility of the Army
- CHAPTER V THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS A NOBILITY AND A COURT
- I. Privileges of the Kullar
- Nobility not Hereditary
- II. Character of the Sultan’s Court
- Organization of the Household[432]
- The Harem
- The Inside Service
- The Outside Service
- The Ceremonies of the Court
- Influence of the Court
- CHAPTER VI THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS GOVERNMENT
- Summary
- Functions of the Ottoman Government
- The Sultan as Head of the State and of the Government
- The Sultan as Legislator
- The Legislation of Suleiman
- The Viziers
- The Defterdars, or Treasurers[566]
- Taxation in the Ottoman Empire[581]
- Suleiman’s Income
- The Nishanji or Chancellor
- The Divan or Council[620]
- The Ruling Institution as a Whole
- CHAPTER VII THE MOSLEM INSTITUTION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
- General Description
- Financial Support of the Moslem Institution[636]
- The Educational System
- Clergy, Seids, and Dervishes
- Jurists and the Mufti
- The Judicial System[675]
- The Moslem Institution as a Whole
- CHAPTER VIII COMPARISON OF THE TWO GREAT INSTITUTIONS
- Likenesses
- Differences
- Interactions
- The Relative Power of the Institutions
- APPENDICES
- APPENDIX I THE SECOND BOOK OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE TURKS
- APPENDIX II PAMPHLET OF JUNIS BEY AND ALVISE GRITTI
- APPENDIX III INCOMPLETE TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE KANUN-NAMEH, OR COLLECTION OF EDICTS, OF SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT AS ARRANGED BY THE MUFTI EBU SU’UD
- APPENDIX IV THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE IN INDIA[797]
- General Comparison of Ottoman and Indian Conditions
- The Personnel of the Mogul Government
- Relation of Government to Religious Propagation
- The Army
- The Court
- The Government Proper
- The Moslems and the Moslem Church
- Books Consulted in the Preparation of Appendix IV
- APPENDIX V BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
- I. Sources of Ottoman Governmental Ideas
- II. The Ottoman Government in the Sixteenth Century
- III. Alphabetical List of Works Cited
- FOOTNOTES
- GLOSSARY OF TURKISH WORDS
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