The North Caucasus Borderland : : Between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire, 1555-1605 / / Murat Yasar.

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• VerfasserIn: Yasar, Murat,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations 25 black and white illustrations

Explores the role of the North Caucasus as the first borderland between the Ottoman and Russian Empires in the 16th centuryPresents an innovative, engaging and well-documented study of the North Caucasus and the process of the imperial rivalry that turned the region into a contested borderlandAddresses the story of imperial entanglements from multiple perspectives including folkloric and cultural sourcesAnalyses the actions of both empires and considers the motivations of the peoples caught in betweenIncludes key primary sources such as the extant Ottoman registers of important affairs (mühimme defterleri) and the Muscovite collections of diplomatic records (posol’skie knigi)From the Muscovites’ annexation of the nearby Khanate of Astrakhan in 1556 to their expulsion from the region by the Ottomans and their allies in 1605, the North Caucasus was a contested borderland. This book considers the poorly understood first encounter between the Ottoman Empire and the Tsardom of Muscovy, drawing on both documentary and narrative primary sources. These Ottoman and Muscovite sources show the contrasting subject- and territory-making strategies in the early modern period. They also show how their rivalry brought about changes to the internal dynamics and strategies of the polities within the North Caucasus, shaping the region, its political structures and the lives of its peoples in the following centuries.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on Transliteration and Spelling of Terms and Names -- Introduction: Sources, Methodology and Terminology -- 1. The Land and Peoples of the North Caucasus in the Sixteenth Century: An Overview -- 2. Tracing the Milky Way: The North Caucasus and the Two Empires -- 3. Bargaining for the Milky Way: The Astrakhan Campaign and the North Caucasus Borderland -- 4. The Milky Way Fades: Post-Astrakhan Ottoman and Muscovite Strategies in the North Caucasus -- 5. The Milky Way Vanishes: The Denouement of the Ottoman–Muscovite Rivalry in the North Caucasus, 1605 -- 6. Searching for the Milky Way: A Tale of Five Narts -- Conclusion: Imperial Entanglements and Borderlandisation of the North Caucasus -- Appendix I: Selected Ottoman Documents from Mühimme Registers -- Appendix II: Selected Muscovite Documents from Posol’skii Prikaz Records -- Appendix III: Glossary of Terms -- Appendix IV: Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index