Description: Preface 1. From Emirate to Empire Turkish Migration Seljuks Seljuks of Rum The Emirate of Osman Orhon Ottoman Methods of Conquest Bajazet the Thunderbolt Bajazet's Legacy Recovery and Renewed Conquest Mohammad the Conqueror Istanbul Bajazet II Selim the Grim Suleiman the Magnificent 2. Ottoman Society and Institutions Steppe, Ghazi, and Class Askeris and Reaya Timars and Timar-holders Provincial Structure Provincial Administration The Ghulam System The Grand Vizier and the Divan The Bureaucracy Justice The True Ottomans Social Mobility 3. The Post-Suleimanic Age The Muscovy Menace Conflict in North Africa Conflict in the East Conflict in the West Back to the East Ottoman Succession Sultanate of the Women The Kuprili Era Second Siege of Vienna Aftermath of 1683 4. Ottoman Consciousness The Circle of Equity Disruption in the Timar System Expansion of the Janissary Corps Sekbans and Celalis Causes The Kuprili Era in Perspective The Historian Naima The Medical Analogy Eighteenth-Century Success Ottoman Knowledge of Europe Success Breeds Failure The Ottoman-Russian War Selim III Bibliography Chronology Glossary Index

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