The role of the dervishes in the formation of the Ottoman emirate has been stressed.
On the other hand, recent findings, and subsequent studies have provoked further discussions with new arguments and provided additional explanations. Wittek, both put forward in the 1930s, have recently been challenged.
The transformation of a small emirate, situated on the south-eastern the border of the Byzantine state, into the powerful Ottoman empire, which succeeded that of Byzantium and exerted a powerful impact on the Western Christian world for several centuries constitutes a phenomenon with a variety of aspects. It has 16 colored, 34 black and white pictures, 20 maps and a 12 page glossary at the very end. Drawing from a wide range of primary and secondary sources in English, French, Ottoman, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, German and Latin, this new work studies in 12 chapters and 600 pages the activities of Ottoman corsairs from the Adriatic to Iceland, from Baleares to Azores, dealing with several different aspects: Cultural (religion, superstition, sexuality, daily life aboard corsair ships), economic (division of the booty, piracy’s function in an emerging capitalist world market), social (piracy and banditry) geographical (topography of the North African coasts), political (Maghreb’s relation with Istanbul) and military (ship types, fleet compositions, military strategies employed). THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE significantly traces the Islamization of the Turks in general, and the history of Islam in Asia Minor in particular the rebuilding of the conquered city of Constantinople the transformation of a Genoese city, Galata, into an Ottoman one the important roles the Greek subjects of the Sultan played in the economy and finances of the empire and how and exactly when the Ottomans established complete control of the Straits and traffic in the Black Sea.īibliography of my new book, Pirates for the Sultan. The book also examines the Islamization of Ottoman state laws under Suleyman the Lawgiver and the position of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch under the Ottomans.
On the subject of sultans and their policies, it scrutinizes Osman’s appearance as a charismatic leader in the Bithynia frontier region after the battle of Bapheus (Koyun-Hisar), as well as the decision-making process in Ottoman government. The book first explores historiographical issues by examining prevailing views on the periodization of Ottoman history as well as the life and work of ‘Āshiḳ Pashazāde. “The Ottomans, in order to carry on a world-wide struggle for conquest in both the East and the West, were obliged to maintain all their resources in a state of permanent readiness and at the disposal of a single will.” HALİL İNALCIK This book collects together İnalcık’s pioneering works dealing with early Ottoman history, focusing on the role of sultan, society and economy and drawing on Ottoman archival materials.
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