Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Map showing the Ottoman Empire viii
5. 1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS 1
6. 2. CONCEPTUALISING PLAGUE IN OTTOMAN ISLAMIC THOUGHT 15
7. 3. PLAGUE AND OTTOMAN MEDICAL THOUGHT 39
8. 4. MAGIC AND PLAGUE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 68
9. 5. HAMDAN BIN EL-MERHUM OSMAN AND THE OTTOMAN QUARANTINE REFORM 97
10. 6. PLAGUE AND QUARANTINES IN THE COLONIAL ERA 130
11. 7. PLAGUE, SANITARY ADMINISTRATION AND THE END OF EMPIRE 152
12. 8. TOWARDS A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF PLAGUE AND QUARANTINES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 177
13. Bibliography 181
14. Index 191