Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Transliteration and Pronunciation xi
5. Introduction: The Structure of Empire and a Grammar of Rule 1
6. PART I: ESTABLISHING GENRES
7. 1. The Sovereign State: Spatial and Textual Politics in Early Modern Eurasian Courts 25
8. 2. The State of Stability: The Kanunname as a Genre of Administrative Governance 66
9. 3. The Bureaucratic State: Reforming Documentary Practices 106
10. PART II: PERFORMING PRACTICES
11. 4. The Brokered State: “The Past Is No Longer the Present” in the “Land Between the Rivers” 153
12. 5. A State of Rebellion: The Reterritorialization of Ottoman Sovereignty in Greater Syria 196
13. PART III: OBJECTIFYING GENERIC POLITICS AND PRACTICES
14. 6. On the Perfect State: An Ottoman Vision of Order 235
15. Conclusion: The Archiving State 277
16. Notes 289
17. Bibliography 369
18. Index 415