The Capitulations and the Ottoman Legal System

Qadis, Consuls and Beratlıs in the 18th Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14035-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 21, 326 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 771 g

Reihe: Studies in Islamic Law and Society

Pre-modern Western sources generally claim that European mercantile communities in the Ottoman Empire enjoyed legal autonomy, and were thus effectively immune to Ottoman justice. At the same time, they report numerous disputes with Ottoman officials over jurisdiction (“avanias”), which seems to contradict this claim, the discrepancy being considered proof of the capriciousness of the Ottoman legal system. Modern studies of Ottoman-European relations in this period have tended uncritically to accept this interpretation, which is challenged in this book.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boogert, Maurits Van Den

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. The Sultan’s Promise

2. The Protection System

3. Avanias: Misrepresentations of the Ottoman

4. The Division of Estates

5. Bankruptcy

6. Theft

7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Maurits H. van den Boogert, Ph.D. (Leiden, 2001) is the (co-)editor of four volumes on Ottoman-European relations, including The Ottoman Capitulations: Text and Context (Rome, 2003, with Kate Fleet) and Friends and Rivals in the East (Brill, 2000, with Alastair Hamilton and Alexander de Groot). In 2010 he published Aleppo Observed: Ottoman Syria Through the Eyes of Two Scottish Doctors, Alexander and Patrick Russell (Oxford University Press). He is now the Publishing Director for Middle East, Islam, and African Studies at Brill.