11 The Acid Test of Ottomanism: The Acceptance of Non-Muslims in the Late Ottoman Bureaucracy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Note on Transliteration x
6. 1 Introduction 1
7. 2 Transformation of Zimmi into Askerî 51
8. 3 Foundation Myths of the Millet System 65
9. 4 The Rise of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople 87
10. 5 Ottoman Policy Toward the Jews and Jewish Attitudes Toward the Ottomans During the Fifteenth Century 99
11. 6 The Greek Millet in the Ottoman Empire 109
12. 7 The Dual Role of the Armenian Amira Class Within the Ottoman Government and the Armenian Millet (1750–1850) 133
13. 8 Foreign Merchants and the Minorities in Istanbul During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 147
14. 9 The Transformation of the Economic Position of the Millets in the Nineteenth Century 159
15. 10 The Millets as Agents of Change in the Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Empire 187
16. 11 The Acid Test of Ottomanism: The Acceptance of Non-Muslims in the Late Ottoman Bureaucracy 209
17. 12 Communal Conflict in Ottoman Syria During the Reform Era: The Role of Political and Economic Factors 241
18. 13 Communal Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Lebanon 257
19. 14 Unionist Relations with the Greek, Armenian, and Jewish Communities of the Ottoman Empire, 1908–1914 287
20. 15 The Political Situation of the Copts, 1798–1923 325
21. Selected Bibliography (Works in English, 1979–2014) 347
22. About the Contributors 355
23. Index 357
24. About the Book 374