Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century : Competition and Cooperation in Ankara, Izmir, and Amsterdam

This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and the local resistance they faced, and the Ottoman non-Muslim merchant's infiltration of the Dutch Levant trade and the Dutch reaction to this form of Ottoman 'expansion'. This Study Analyses The Dynamics Between The Non-muslim Merchant Elites Of Ankara And Izmir (mostly Greeks And Armenians) And Their European Competitors In The Eighteenth Century, Particularly The Mohair Trade In Ankara, And Ottoman Infiltration Of The Dutch Trade Between Amsterdam And Izmir. Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One Countering Dutch Commercial Expansion In Northwestern Anatolia; Chapter One The Town Of Ankara And Its Mohair Industry; Chapter Two The Heyday And Interruption Of The Dutch Mohair Trade; Chapter Three European Recovery And Ottoman Opposition; Preliminary Conclusions; Part Two Ottoman Counter-expansion; Chapter Four The Organization Of The Dutch Levant Trade In The Eighteenth Century; Chapter Five The Ottoman Penetration Of Dutch Trading Networks; Chapter Six Ottoman Merchants In Amsterdam. By Ismail Hakki Kadi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Abbreviations 9 Introduction 11 Part One Countering Dutch Commercial Expansion in Northwestern Anatolia 37 Chapter One The Town of Ankara and its Mohair Industry 39 Chapter Two The Heyday and Interruption of the Dutch Mohair Trade 75 Chapter Three European Recovery and Ottoman Opposition 108 Preliminary Conclusions 142 Part Two Ottoman Counter-Expansion 153 Chapter Four The Organization of the Dutch Levant Trade in the Eighteenth Century 155 Chapter Five The Ottoman Penetration of Dutch Trading Networks 180 Chapter Six Ottoman Merchants in Amsterdam 208 Part Three Accommodating the “Unusual”: Adjustments in Dutch and Ottoman Policies 245 Chapter Seven The Transformation of Dutch Trade Policies in the Levant: From Free Trade to “Faint” Protectionism 247 Chapter Eight Ottoman Polity: From Decision Making to Policy Making 284 Conclusions 321 Bibliography 335 Index 343 "This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century, particularly the mohair trade in Ankara, and Ottoman infiltration of the Dutch trade between Amsterdam and Izmir."-- Provided by publisher