Ottoman Empire and Islamic tradition. /
N. Itzkowitz
- Chicago: London: The University of Chicago Press, 1980.
- X+117+VII p.; map; 20 cm.
[From Emirate to Empire - Turkish Migration. Seljuks. Seljuks of Rom. The Emirate of Osman. Orhon. Ottoman Methods of Conquest. Bajazet the Thunderbolt. Bajazet's Legacy. Recovery and Renewed Conquest. Mohammed the Conqueror. Istanbul. Bajazet II. Selim the Grim. Suleiman the Magnificent. Ottoman Society and Institutions - Steppe, Ghazi and Class. Askeris and reaya. Timars and Timar-holders. Provincial Structure. Provincial Administration. The Ghulam System. The Grand Vizier and the Divan. The Bureauracy. Justice. The True Ottomans. The Post-Suleimanic Age. The Muscovy Menace. Conflict in North Africa. Conflict in the East. Conflict in the West. Back to the East. Ottoman Succession. Sultanate of the Women. The Kuprili Era. Second Siege of Vienna. Aftermath of 1683. Ottoman Consciousness - The Circle of Equity. Disruption in the Timar System.Expansion of the Janissary Corps. Sekbans and Celalis. Causes. The Kuprili Era in Perspective. The Historian Naima. The Medical Analogy. Eighteenth-Century Success. Ottoman Knowledge of Europe. Success Breeds Failure. The Ottoman-Russian War. Selim III.]
Bibliography p.: 111-114; Chron. p.: 115-116; Glossary p.: 117; Index p. I-VII.