Ottoman Politics and Economy

The Periphery and the Centre
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-0-367-46998-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 342 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 678 g

Reihe: SOAS/Routledge Studies on the Middle East

This book examines the history of the transformation of the small town of Kozani, situated in modern Greek Macedonia, into a vibrant commercial hub and self-administering community during the period of Ottoman rule, c. 1400–1821.

Beginning with a comprehensive examination of the foundation myths as recorded in local amateur historical works, the book then proceeds with a reconstruction of the foundation of Kozani as a small village during the chaotic Ottoman conquest of Macedonia in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It then examines the history of the village using extant Ottoman and Greek documentation, as well as available Ottoman and European travelogues and geographical treatises. Key moments are highlighted in the socio-economic transformation of the village into a thriving commercial hub and religio-political and administrative centre during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. To that end, it discusses the taxation status of Kozani and more particularly the establishment and administration of the malikane life-term tax-farming system. The book also examines local myths about communal strife, applying the scheme of bilateral factionalism to explain the repeated waves of intra-communal violence that almost tore the settlement apart.

Shedding new light on an area long overlooked by Ottoman historians, the book is vital reading for those interested in the history, politics, and economy of Ottoman, Islamic, and Balkan towns.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lamprakis, Dimitrios K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  1. The historico-geographical background of the area of Kozani and its environs  2. From myth to reality: The foundation of Kozani  3. Kozani during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries  4. Tax-farming and the structure of communal politics in Kozani during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries (1700-1821)  5. From theory to practice: The triumvirate in communal crises and bilateral factionalism in Kozanite communal politics (1745-1821)  6. Conclusion: Kozani and its environs within the scope of Ottoman history

Über Autor(innen)

Dimitrios K. Lamprakis obtained his PhD in Ottoman History from the Centre of Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies (CBOMGS) at the University of Birmingham. He is Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Archiving, Library Science and Museum Science, Ionian University, Corfu. He is particularly interested in the history of Ottoman and Islamic political and philosophical thought, as well as the history of the Greek lands during the period of the Ottoman domination.