Dimensions of Transformation in the Ottoman Empire from the Late Medieval Age to Modernity In Memory of Metin Kunt (The Ottoman Empire and it's ... 73) (English and Ottoman Turkish Edition)

Eighteen expert researchers have come together to provide original articles and new perspectives on transformation throughout Ottoman history, in order to honor the life’s work of Metin Kunt. Kunt’s work revolutionized our understanding of change in Ottoman political, social and cultural history in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This new collection focuses on the contributions of key players in these fields and includes chapters on Ottoman artisans in a changing political context, Ottoman chief scribes and the rhetorics of political survival in the 17th century, and empiricism in the Ottoman Empire. Contributors are Antonis Anastasopoulos, Iris Agmon, Tülay Artan, Karl K. Barbir, Fatih Bayram, Suraiya Faroqhi, Cornell H. Fleischer, Pál Fodor, Mehmet Kalpaklı, Cemil Koçak, B. Harun Küçük, Aslı Niyazioğlu, Mehmet Öz, Kaya Şahin, Derin Terzioğlu, Ekin Tuşalp-Atiyas, Christine Woodhead, N. Zeynep Yelçe, Elizabeth A. Zachariadou. Contents 8 Acknowledgements 12 Acronyms 13 Notes on Contributors 16 Metin Kunt: Life and Work 23 A Representative List of Metin Kunt’s Publications 38 Introduction: The Issue of Transformation withinthe Ottoman Empire 42 Part 1 Ottoman Historiography and Reflections 78 Chapter 1 A Firman Issued by Mustafa the Son of Bayezid I Surnamed Düzme (1422) 80 Chapter 2 Imaginary Voyages, Imagined Ottomans: A Gentleman Impostor, the Köprülüs, and Seventeenth-Century French Oriental Romances 95 Chapter 3 Practices of Remembrance and Sites of Violence in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul: The Beheading of Şeyh İsmâil Ma ʾşûkî (d.1539) 138 Chapter 4 Ottoman Artisans in a Changing Political Context: Debates in Historiography 164 Part 2 Ottomans – Culture and Careers 188 Chapter 5 Türbedar of the Ottoman Sultans: Şevkî Çelebi’s Nostalgia for the Bursa of Bayezid Han and Emîr Sultan 190 Chapter 6 The Personal Anthology of an Ottoman Litterateur: Celâlzâde Sâlih (d.1565) and His Mecmua 206 Chapter 7 Transforming the Abode of War into the Abode of Islam: A Local Grandee in Ottoman Hungary, Osman Ağa, Çelebi and Bey 224 Chapter 8 Making Recommendations: Azmîzâde and the Mahzar for Vücûdî Efendi, 1608 243 Chapter 9 A Poet’s Warning: Veysî’s Poem on the Breakdown of Ottoman Social and Political Life in the Seventeenth Century 260 Chapter 10 From the ‘Scribe of Satan’ to the ‘Master of Belâgât’: Ottoman Chief Scribes and the Rhetorics of Political Survival in the Seventeenth Century 270 Chapter 11 The Compass and the Astrolabe: Empiricismin the Ottoman Empire 298 Part 3 Law, Religion and Political Thought 326 Chapter 12 In Search of the Ancient Law or Kānûn-i Kadîm: Some Notes on Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Political Thought 328 Chapter 13 Between a ‘Brilliant Retreat’ and a ‘Tragic Defeat’: Ottoman Narratives of the 1529 and 1683 Sieges of Vienna 346 Chapter 14 Bidʿat, Custom and the Mutability of Legal Judgments: The Debate on the Congregational Performance of Supererogatory Prayers in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire 364 Chapter 15 The Sicils of Karaferye (Veria) in the Eighteenth Century: A Case of Transformation? 408 Chapter 16 Ottoman Legal Change and the Şeriat Courts in the Long Nineteenth Century 420 Chapter 17 Transformation through Constitution: Young Ottomans and the Kānûn-i Esâsî of 1876 440 In Lieu of a Conclusion 480 Chapter 18 Repertories of Empire: How Did the Ottomans Last So Long in a Changing World? 482 Glossary 496 Index 504 A Firman issued by Mustafa the son of Bayezid I surnamed Düzme (1422) / Elizabeth A. Zachariadou -- Imaginary voyages, imagined Ottomans: a gentleman impostor, the Köprülüs, and seventeenth-century French Oriental romances / Tülay Artan -- Practices of remembrance and sites of violence in seventeenth-century Istanbul: the beheading of Şeyh İsmâil Maʼşûkî (d.1539) / Aslı Niyazioğlu -- Ottoman artisans in a changing political context: debates in historiography / Suraiya Faroqi -- Türbedār of the Ottoman sultans: ŞevkīÇelebi's Nostalgia for the Bursa of Bayezid Han and Emir Sultan / Fatih Bayram -- The personal anthology of an Ottoman litterateur: Celâlzâde Sâlih (d.1565) and his Mecmua / Cornell H. Fleischer and Kaya Şahin -- Transforming the abode of war into the abode of Islam: a local Grandee in Ottoman Hungary, Osman Ağa, Çelebi and Bey / Pál Fodor -- Making recommendations: Azmizade and the Mahzar for Vücudi Efendi, 1608 / Christine Woodhead -- A poet's warning: Veysi's poem on the breakdown of Ottoman social and political life in the seventeenth century / Mehmet Kalpaklı -- From the 'Scribe of Satan' to the 'Master of Belagat': Ottoman chief scribes and the rhetorics of political survival in the seventeenth century / Ekin Tuşalp-Atiyas -- The compass and the astrolabe: empiricism in the Ottoman Empire / B. Harun Küçük -- In search of the ancient law or Kanun-i Kadim: some notes on seventeenth-century Ottoman political thought / Mehmet Öz -- Between a 'brilliant retreat' and a 'tragic defeat': Ottoman narratives of the 1529 and 1683 sieges of Vienna / N. Zeynep Yelçe -- Bidʼat, custom and legal change: the debate on the congregational performance of supererogatory prayers in seventeenth-century Ottoman Empire / Derin Terzioğlu -- The Sicils of Karaferye (Veroia) in the eighteenth century: a case of transformation? / Antonis Anastasopoulos -- Ottoman legal change and the Şeriat courts in the long nineteenth century / Iris Agmon -- Transformation through constitution: young Ottomans and the Kanun-i Esasi of 1876 / Cemil Koçak -- Repertoires of empire: how did the Ottomans last so long in a changing world? / Karl K. Barbir "Eighteen expert researchers have come together to provide original articles and new perspectives on transformation throughout Ottoman history in order to honor the life's work of Metin Kunt. Kunt's work revolutionized our understanding of change in Ottoman political, social and cultural history in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This new collection focuses on the contributions of key players in these fields and includes chapters on Ottoman artisans in a changing political context, Ottoman chief scribes and the rhetorics of political survival in the 17th century, and empiricism in the Ottoman Empire"-- Provided by publisher This book is dedicated to Metin Kunt, which primarily examines diverse cases of changes throughout Ottoman history. Both specialist and non-specialist readers will explore and understand the complexities concerning the longevity as well as the tenacity of the Ottoman Empire.