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No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission.  \nNo paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP.  \nAny person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.  \nThe author has asserted his right to be identified asthe author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nFirst published 2002 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN  \nHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and  \n175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010  \nCompanies and representatives throughout the world  \nPALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of  \nPalgrave Macmillan Ltd, Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries.  \nISBN 0–333–61386–4 hardback ISBN 0–333–61387–2 paperback  \nThis book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Imber, Colin.  \nThe Ottoman Empire, 1300–1650: the structure of power/Colin Imber.  \n[p.cm](p.cm)  \nIncludes bibliographical references (p.) and index.  \nISBN 0–333–61386–4  \n1. Turkey—History—1288–1453. 2. Turkey—History—1453–1683.  \nI. Title.  \nDR486.163 2002 2002070425  \n956.1′015—dc21  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain by Mackays of Chatham  \nContents  \nMap 1: Anatolia, c. 1340 viii  \nMap 2: The expansion of the Ottoman Empire ix  \nMap 3: The borders of the Ottoman Empire,  \nsixteenth/seventeenth centuries x  \nMap 4: The Ottoman–Habsburg frontier, 1600 xi  \nMap 5: Ottoman Provinces, sixteenth century xii  \nIntroduction xiii  \n1 Chronology 1  \nThe Ottoman Empire in 1650 1  \nBefore the Ottomans 4  \nThe Ottoman Emirate: from triumph to disaster, 1300–1402 8  \nThe Ottoman Emirate: civil war and recovery, 1402–51 17  \nThe Ottoman Empire: conquest and consolidation, 1451–1512 27  \nThe apogee of Empire, 1512–90 44  \nThe Ottoman times of trouble, 1590–1650 66  \n2 The Dynasty 87  \nReproduction and family structure 87  \nSuccession 96  \nLegitimisation 115  \nvi Contents  \n3 Recruitment 128  \n4 The Palace 143  \nPalaces 143  \nThe household 148  \nThe Imperial Council 154  \n5 The Provinces 177  \nProvinces 177  \nSanjaks 184  \nFiefs 193  \nThe provinces transformed 206  \n6 The Law 216  \nLegal communities 216  \nThe sacred law 217  \nColleges, muftis and judges 225  \nThe secular law 244  \n7 The Army 252  \nThe fourteenth century 252  \n1400–1590: troops 257  \n1400–1590: weapons 267  \n1400–1590: tactics 275  \nAfter 1590: the military revolution 281  \n8 The Fleet 287  \nThe Ottomans and the sea 287  \nShips 288  \nShipbuilding 292  \nContents vii  \nAdmirals 297  \nCaptains and crews 302  \nTroops 308  \nTactics 311  \nSome Conclusions 318  \nNotes 326  \nGlossary 350  \nSources Quoted 356  \nBibliography 362  \nIndex 377  \nBlack Sea  \nBYZANTINE  \nEMPIRE Constantinople Gallipoli  \nKARESI  \nSinop  \nIznik Bursa  \nKastamonu  \nISFENDYAR   \nOTTOMANS Amasaya  \nTREBIZOND  \nBayburt  \nR. Sakarya  \nAnkara ERETNA  \n Sivas  Erzincan  \nAgean  \nSARUHAN  \nKütahya  \n Manisa AYDIN  \n MENTESHE  \nRHODES  \nGERMIYAN  \n Konya  \nHAMID  Antalya  \nKARAMAN Adana  \nCYPRUS  \nAmid  \nR. 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