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  • Volume 3: The Later Ottoman Empire, 1603–1839
  • Edited by Suraiya N. Faroqhi, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
March 2008
Print publication year:
2006
Online ISBN:
9781139054119
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521620956
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Area Studies, British History: General Interest, Regional and World History: General Interest, History, Middle East History
Collections:
Cambridge Histories - British & European History, Cambridge Histories - Middle East & African Studies
Series:
Cambridge History of Turkey
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Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of Turkey traces the history of the later Ottoman Empire from the death of Mehmed III in 1603 to the proclamation of the tanzimat, the administrative reconstruction of the Ottoman state, in 1839. This was a period of relative stability when trade between the empire and Europe flourished and, wartime apart, merchants and pilgrims travelled in relative security. However, despite the emphasis on the sultan's role as defender of the faithful and of social order, tensions did exist between the ruling elite in Istanbul and their provincial subjects. This theme is central to the volume. Other sections focus on religious and political groups, women, trade, rural life and, importantly, music, art and architecture. The history emphasises the political, cultural and artistic accomplishments of the Ottomans in the post-classical period, thus challenging traditional notions that this was a period of stagnation.

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"The long-overdue appearance of the Cambridge History of Turkey is testimony to the truly amazing transformation that has taken place in Ottoman historical studies in recent decades." - English Historical Review

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