ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. NOTE ON USAGE xiii
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
7. INTRODUCTION 3
8. I AN OTTOMAN LIFE
9. ONE THE MAKING OF AN OTTOMAN (1541-63 / 948-70) 13
10. TWO THE POET AT THE GATES (1563-77 / 970-84) 41
11. THREE TO THE EAST (1577-82 / 984-90) 70
12. FOUR TOWARD THE MILLENNIUM: WAR, APOCALYPSE, AND HISTORY (1583-92 / 991-1000) 109
13. FIVE THE FINAL YEARS (1592-1600 / 1000-1008) 143
14. II OTTOMAN LAW, OTTOMAN CAREER
15. SIX KANUN-CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 191
16. SEVEN ÂLI ON THE OTTOMAN CAREER PATHS 201
17. EIGHT BUREAUCRACY AND BUREAUCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS 214
18. III THE MAKING OF OTTOMAN HISTORY
19. NINE OTTOMAN HISTORICAL WRITING IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 235
20. TEN MUSLIM AND OTTOMAN 253
21. ELEVEN THE TURKIC AND MONGOL HERITAGE 273
22. TWELVE THE REIGN OF MURAD III 293
23. APPENDIX A THE STRUCTURE OF THE OTTOMAN FINANCIAL ESTABLISHMENT IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 311
24. APPENDIX B CHRONOLOGY 315
25. GLOSSARY 319
26. BIBLIOGRAPHY 333
27. Index 345