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Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire
Notables, Tribes and Peasants of Muş (1820s-1880s)
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Gülseren Duman Koç
Languages:
English, Multiple languages
Published/Copyright:
2024
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About this book
Based on many previously unused sources from Ottoman and British archives, Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire offers a micro-history to understand the nineteenth century Ottoman reforms on the eastern frontiers. By examining the administrative, military and fiscal transformation of Muş, a multi-ethnic, multi-religious sub-province in the Ottoman East, it shows how the reforms were not top-down and were shaped according to local particularities. The book also provides a story of the notables, tribes and peasants of a frontier region. Focusing on the relations between state-notables, notables-tribes, notables-peasants and finally tribes-peasants, the book shows both the causes of contention and collaborations between the parties.
Author / Editor information
Gülseren Duman Koç, Ph.D. (2018), Boğaziçi University, is an assistant professor of History at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey. She has published articles and book chapters in English and Turkish.
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eBook published on:
November 20, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9789004683044
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
300
eBook ISBN:
9789004683044
Keywords for this book
OttomanEmpire; TanzimatPeriod; ayan; frontiers; yurtluk-ocaklık; hereditaryland; usufruct; Kurdishnotables; Kurds; Kurdishtribes; Armenians
Audience(s) for this book
Undergraduate and postgraduate students who are interested in the nineteenth century Ottoman Empire, particularly those who are interested in the history of state-notable relations, Kurdish notables, Kurdish tribes, Kurdish and Armenian peasant groups, will be the main audience for my book. In addition, the libraries of universities and institutions in Europe and the USA, which are particularly concerned with Middle Eastern history, including the Kurdish and Armenian populations of the Ottoman Empire will provide the market for my book. Subject areas are in general social sciences, in particular, Middle Eastern history, the Ottoman Empire, the history of notables, and Kurdish history.
