Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading. "This unique volume . . . stands out from the many other assembled volumes on the Ottoman Empire due to the focused and coherent picture of the empire it presents. . . . Highly recommended."― Choice Christine Isom-Verhaaren is Assistant Professor of History at Brigham Young University. She is author of Allies with the Infidel: The Ottoman and French Alliance in the Sixteenth Century. Kent F. Schull is Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Middle East History at Binghamton University, SUNY and author of Prisons in the Late Ottoman Empire: Microcosms of Modernity. Living in the Ottoman Realm Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries By Christine Isom-Verhaaren, Kent F. Schull Indiana University Press Copyright © 2016 Indiana University Press All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-253-01943-1 Contents Preface, xi, Acknowledgments, xiii, Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation, xv, Introduction: Dealing with Identity in the Ottoman Empire Christine Isom-Verhaaren and Kent F. Schull, 1, Part I. 13th through 15th Centuries
Emergence and Expansion: From Frontier Beylik to Cosmopolitan Empire, 1 The Giving Divide: Food Gifts and Social Identity in Late Medieval Anatolia Nicolas Trépanier, 21, 2 Changing Perceptions along the Frontiers: The Moving Frontier with Rum in Late Medieval Anatolian Frontier Narratives Zeynep Aydogan, 29, 3 The Genoese of Pera in the Fifteenth Century: Draperio and Spinola Families F. Özden Mercan, 42, 4 From Byzantine Aristocracy to Ottoman Ruling Elite: Mahmud Pasha Angelovic and His Christian Circle, 1458–1474 Theoharis Stavrides, 55, 5 Interpreting Ottoman Identity with the Historian Nesri Murat Cem Mengüç, 66, 6 A Shaykh, a Prince, and a Sack of Corn: An Anatolian Sufi Becomes Ottoman Hasan Karatas, 79, Part II. 15th through 17th Centuries
Expansion and Cultural Splendor: The Creation of a Sunni Islamic Empire, 7 Ibn-i Kemal's Confessionalism and the Construction of an Ottoman Islam Nabil Al-Tikriti, 95, 8 Becoming Ottoman in Sixteenth-Century Aintab Leslie Peirce, 108, 9 Making Jerusalem Ottoman Amy Singer, 123, 10 Ibrahim ibn Khidr al-Qaramani: A Merchant and Urban Notable of Early Ottoman Aleppo Charles Wilkins, 137, 11 Mihrimah Sultan: A Princess Constructs Ottoman Dynastic Identity Christine Isom-Verhaaren, 150, Part III. 17th through 18th Centuries
Upheaval and Transformation: From Conquest to Administrative State, 12 The Sultan's Advisors and Their Opinions on the Identity of the Ottoman Elite, 1580–1653 Linda T. Darling, 171, 13 Fleeing "the Vomit of Infidelity": Borders, Conversion, and Muslim Women's Agency Eric Dursteler, 182, 14 Policing Morality: Crossing Gender and Communal Boundaries in an Age of Political Crisis and Religious Controversy Fariba Zarinebaf, 194, 15 Leaving France, "Turning Turk," Becoming Ottoman: The Transformation of Comte Claude-Alexandre de Bonneval into Humbaraci Ahmed Pasha Julia Landweber, 209, 16 Out of Africa, into the Palace: The Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuch Jane Hathaway, 225, 17 The Province Goes to the Center: The Case of Hadjiyorgakis Kornesios, Dragoman of Cyprus Antonis Hadjikyriacou, 239, Part IV. 19th through 20th Centuries
Modernity, Mass Politics, and Nationalism: From Empire to Nation-State, 18 Ruler Visibility, Modernity, and Ethnonationalism in the Late Ottoman Empire Darin N. Stephanov, 259, 19 Muslims' Contributions to Science and Ottoman Identity M. Alper Yalçinkaya, 272, 20 Migrants, Revolutionaries, and Spies: Surveillance, Politics, and Ottoman Identity in the United States David Gutman, 284, 21 A Cappadocian in Athens, an Athenian in Smyrna, and a Parliamentarian in Istanbul: The Multiple Personae and Loyalties of Pavlos Carolidis Vangelis Kechriotis, 297, 22 Zionism in the Era of Ottoman Brotherhood Michelle U. Campos, 310, Connections and Questions to Consider, 325, Bibliography, 333, Contributors, 353, Index, 357, CHAPTER 1 1 The Giving Divide Food Gifts and Social Identity in Late Medieval Anatolia Nicolas Trépanier People who lived in late medieval Anatolia did not write much about identity in the abstract sense; in fact, Muslim sources from that period do not use any word that could be translated as "identity" in its modern meaning. Yet it is clear that they identified some people as part of t