The Ottoman Empire: Myths, Realities and ‘Black Holes’ (Contributions in Honor of Colin Imber) (Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies)

This volume in honour of Colin Imber (University of Manchester) contains essays by many leading Ottoman historians. CONTENTS CONTRIBUTORS PREFACE COLIN IMBER, HISTORIAN OF THE OTTOMAN STATE COLIN IMBER: PUBLICATIONS Contributions THE EPOPTÊS THOMAS AT WORK NICAEA AND HER EASTERN NEIGHBORS SOME THOUGHTS ON THE MEANING OF GAZA AND AKIN IN EARLY OTTOMAN USAGE THE TRANSFORMATION OF PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN ANATOLIA: OBSERVATIONS ON AMASYA FROM 15 th to 17 th CENTURIES ON THE SOURCES OF TURSUN BEY'S TARIH-I EBU'L-FETH THE FIRST OTTOMAN CONQUEST OF BUDA IN 1526 AND THE HISTORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN SEARCH OF THE HAREM SEXUAL CRIME AND SOCIAL SPACE IN OTTOMAN ROYAL LAW OF THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES SCRIBAL CHAOS? OBSERVATION ON THE POST OF RE 'IS ULKUTTAB IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY MEDITERRANEAN BORDERLANDS: EARLY ENGLISH MERCHANTS IN THE LEVANT LE STATUT DE MUST A'MIN, ENTRE DROIT ET POLITIQUE ON ZIMMIS AND CHURCH BUILDINGS: FOUR CASES FROM RUMELI COMMENT ON GARDE UN SECRET DE LA GUERRE DE CHYPRE A LA GUERRE DE CRETE : UN ENTRACTE EN MEDITERRANEE (1572-1645) CHILDREN TREATED AS COMMODITY IN OTTOMAN CRETE THE SHIFTING CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHYHYRYN (£EHRlN) CAMPAIGN (1089/1678) ACCORDING TO THE OTTOMAN LITERARY SOURCES, AND THE PROBLEM OF THE OTTOMAN CALENDAR A COSSACK ADOPTED BY THE FORTY SAINTS: AN ORIGINAL OTTOMAN STORY IN THE LEIDEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OTTOMAN CARTOON MAPS: IMAGINING SPACE, IDENTITY, AND NATION IN THE ISTANBUL POPULAR PRESS, 1908-1913 OTTOMAN WAR PLANNING AND THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN OF OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1912 WRITING ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES: AITMATOV'S THE DAY LASTS MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS