Coping with the State : Political Conflict and Crime in the Ottoman Empire, 1550-1720

This collection of articles by Suraiya Faroqhi looks at Ottoman society and state from the unique perspective of the Ottoman provinces. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. POLITICAL INITIATIVES 'FROM THE BOTTOM UP IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE: SOME EVIDENCE FOR THEIR EXISTENCE 2. POLITICAL ACTIVITY AMONG OTTOMAN TAXPAYERS AND THE PROBLEM OF SULTANIC LEGITIMATION (1570-1650) 3. SAINTHOOD AS A MEANS OF SELF-DEFENSE IN SEVENTEENTH CENTURY OTTOMAN ANATOLIA 4. TOWN OFFICIALS, TIMAR-HOLDERS, AND TAXATION: THE LATE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY CRISIS AS SEEN FROM ÇORUM 5. POLITICAL TENSIONS IN THE ANATOLIAN COUNTRYSIDE AROUND 1600. AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION 6. SEEKING WISDOM IN CHINA: AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF THE CELALI REBELLIONS 7. BLACK SLAVES AND FREEDMEN CELEBRATING (AYDIN, 1576) 8. COUNTERFEITING IN ANKARA 9. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF OUTLAWS IN ÇORUM 10. RÄUBER, REBELLEN UND OBRIGKEIT IM OSMANISCHEN ANATOLIEN 11. ROBBERY ON THE HAJJ ROAD AND POLITICAL ALLEGIANCE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1560-1680)