Studies on Ottoman Social History in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries : : Women, Zimmis and Sharia Courts in Kayseri, Cyprus and Trabzon / / Ronald C. Jennings.

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• VerfasserIn: Jennings, Ronald C.,
• MitwirkendeR: Faroqhi, Suraiya,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (730 p.)

A selection of essays by Professor Ronald C. Jennings on the social and economic history of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Introduction -- Kayseri -- Ḳayṣariyya -- The Population, Society, And Economy Of The Region Of Erciyeş Daği In The Sixteenth Century -- The Legal Position Of Women In Kayseri, A Large Ottoman City, 1590-1630 -- Women In Early 17th Century Ottoman Judicial Records - The Sharia Court Of Anatolian Kayseri -- Loans And Credit In Early 17th Century Ottoman Judicial Records - The Sharia Court Of Anatolian Kayserì -- Limitations Of The Judicial Powers Of The Kadi In 17th Century Ottoman Kayseri -- The Office Of Vekil (Wakil) In 17th Century Ottoman Sharia Courts -- Kadi, Court, And Legal Procedure In 17th Century Ottoman Kayseri -- Firearms, Bandits, And Gun-Control: Some Evidence On Ottoman Policy Towards Firearms In The Possession Of Reaya, From Judicial Records Of Kayserl, 1600-1627 -- Zimmis (Non-Muslims) In Early 17th Century Ottoman Judicial Records: The Sharia Court Of Anatolian Kayseri -- Sakaltutan Four Centuries Ago -- Cyprus -- Lefḳosha -- Maghōsha -- The Population, Taxation, And Wealth In The Cities And Villages Of Cyprus, According To The Detailed Population Survey (Defter-I Mufassal) Of 1572 -- Village Agriculture In Cyprus -- The Locust Problem In Cyprus -- Divorce In The Ottoman Sharia Court Of Cyprus, 1580-1640 -- Pilgrims View The Women Of The Island Of Venus -- The Use Of Oaths Of Denial At An Ottoman Sharia Court Lefkoşa (Nicosia), 1580-1640 -- Black Slaves And Free Blacks In Ottoman Cyprus, 1590-1640 -- Archival Materials And Research Facilities In The Cyprus Turkish Federated State: Ottoman Empire, British Empire, Cyprus Republic -- Trabzon -- The Society And Economy Of Manuka In The Ottoman Judicial Registers Of Trabzon, 1560-1640 -- Pious Foundations In The Society And Economy Of Ottoman Trabzon, 1565-1640 -- Plague In Trabzon And Reactions To It According To Local Judicial Registers -- Urban Population In Anatolia In The Sixteenth Century: A Study Of Kayseri, Karaman, Amasya, Trabzon, And Erzurum -- Some Thoughts On The Gazi-Thesis