Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire

Notables, Tribes and Peasants of Muş (1820s-1880s)
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68303-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 79, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage

Based on many previously unused sources from Ottoman and British archives, Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire offers a micro-history to understand the nineteenth century Ottoman reforms on the eastern frontiers. By examining the administrative, military and fiscal transformation of Mus, a multi-ethnic, multi-religious sub-province in the Ottoman East, it shows how the reforms were not top-down and were shaped according to local particularities.
The book also provides a story of the notables, tribes and peasants of a frontier region. Focusing on the relations between state-notables, notables-tribes, notables-peasants and finally tribes-peasants, the book shows both the causes of contention and collaborations between the parties.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Duman Koç, Gülseren

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

A Note on Transliteration

1 Introduction

1.1 Frontiers, Tanzimat and Provincial Studies

1.2 Historical Geography of Mus

1.3 About the Sources

1.4 Structure of the Book

2 Emin Pasha of Mus: A Negotiation of Power in the Periphery of the Ottoman Empire

2.1 Notables of Mus and the Nature of Their Political and Economic Power

2.2 The Rise of Emin Pasha

2.3 Utilization of Frontier Tribes

2.4 Conclusion

3 The Revolt of Emin Pasha: Punishment and Cooptation

3.1 Preparation for the Revolt: In the Pursuit of Allies

3.2 Between Negotiation and Contest

3.3 The Contours of Negotiation

3.4 The Reappointment of Emin Pasha

3.5 Mus in the Course of Centralization Efforts: The First Phase of the Abolition of Yurtluk-Ocakliks

3.6 Conclusion

4 The Tanzimat State in Mus: Collaboration with and Punishment of Local Actors

4.1 On the Eve of the Application of Tanzimat Reforms: A Network of Exploitation

4.2 The Tanzimat State in Mus

4.3 Old Actors and the New Regime

4.4 Serif Bey as Mediator: The Beginning of the End

4.5 Exile of Alaaddin Pashazades from Mus

4.6 Conclusion

5 Aftermath of the Exile of the Yurtluk-Ocaklik Holders

5.1 Confiscation of the Yurtluk-Ocaklik Villages of Serif Bey and His Brothers and Its Implications

5.2 Limits of the Villages and the Determination of Salaries

5.3 Struggle for Forgiveness

5.4 Debate over the Yurtluk-Ocaklik Villages of Emin Pasha

5.5 Future of the Yurtluk-Ocaklik Salaries

5.6 Conclusion

6 The Post Tanzimat Era: Evaluation of the Reforms through the Petitions of Ordinary People

6.1 Conflicting Viewpoints Regarding Governors

6.2 New Administrators, Old Habits

6.3 Socio-Economic Results of the Crimean War for Mus’s Locality

6.4 Council Members, Tax Farmers, Moneylenders and Peasants

6.5 Conclusion

7 Governors, Tribes, and Peasants

7.1 Implications of the Tanzimat Reforms for the Nomadic Groups

7.2 Peasants and the Nomads: Settlement of the Tribes

7.3 Nomadic Tribes in the Vicinity of the Sanjak of Mus

8 The Hesenan Tribe: The Cases of Ridvan and Kulihan Aghas

8.1 The Tribes in Dispute: Conflicts between the Tribes of Mus and Those of Its Vicinity

8.2 In Lieu of a Conclusion

9 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gülseren Duman Koç, Ph.D. (2018), Bogaziçi University, is an assistant professor of History at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey. She has published articles and book chapters in English and Turkish.