Mamluk authorities and anatolian realities : Jānibak al-Ṣūfī, sultan al-Ashraf Barsbāy, and the story of a social network in the Mamluk/Anatolian frontier zone, 1435-1438 [PDF]
This article engages with the 838–841/1435–1437 Anatolian adventures of the Mamluk amir Jānibak al-Ṣūfī. It demonstrates how Jānibak's narrative is a remarkable story full of meanings, which enable a more nuanced understanding of Mamluk engagements with ...
Adriaenssens, Veerle +1 more
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Wealth inequality and epidemics in the Republic of Venice (1400–1800)
Abstract This article analyses wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice during 1400–1800. The availability of a large database of homogeneous inequality measurements allows us to produce the most in‐depth study of the factors affecting inequality at the local level available thus far for any preindustrial society.
Guido Alfani +2 more
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1680-1747 Ottoman Budgets and Deficits Sustainability in a Period of Fiscal Transition: Wars and Administrative Changes [PDF]
This paper studies the sustainability of the Ottoman budget for the period from 1680 to 1747, during different sultanates and war eras. Moreover, we investigate whether the relationship between government revenues and expenditures changes in the period ...
Hakan Berument, Nuray Oguz
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Exporting the Holy Land: artisans and merchant migrants in Ottoman-era Bethlehem [PDF]
This article explores an aspect of Arab migration in the nineteenth century that is often retold in popular memory but rarely discussed in academic work: that of Bethlehem merchants and the “Holy Land” wares they sold.
Norris, Jacob
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Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
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Transforming (Private) Rights through (Public) International Law::Readings on a ‘Strange and Painful Odyssey’ in the PCIJ Mavrommatis Case1 [PDF]
Straddling both the centres of (European) power and the shifting dynamics of the post-Ottoman world in a quest to guarantee private rights through public international legal redress, the PCIJ Mavrommatis case provides a rich resource for interrogating ...
Burgis-Kasthala, Michelle
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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الطريقة الدرقاوية الشاذلية وانتشارها في الدولة العثمانية إستانبول ودمشق نموذجا
لم يُكتب للطريقة الشاذلية الأم ولا لفرعها الدرقاوية الانتشارُ في الدولة العثمانية كما كُتب لغيرها من الطرق الصوفية، ولكن في أواخر القرن التاسع عشر بدأنا نرى الطريقة الدرقاوية الشاذلية تظهر في عاصمة الخلافة إستانبول تحت رعاية السلطان، وفي دمشق إحدى أهم ...
İyat Erbakan
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Sipâhîzâde’nin Enmûzecü’l-Fünûn’unda Tefsir İlmi
İslam düşüncesinde tefsire dair birikim çok farklı şekillerde karşımıza çıkar. Bunlardan biri içinde tefsire dair bölümler barındıran enmûzec türü eserlerdir. Enmûzec türü eserlerde ele alınan ilimlerin seçimi farklı ölçütlere göre olabilmektedir.
Mehmet Çi̇çek
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Subjectivity in contemporary visualization of reality: re-visiting Ottoman miniatures [PDF]
Though Ottoman miniatures are 2D representations, they carry the potential of conveying an individual’s perception in a more detailed manner as compared to 3D perspective renderings. In a typical 2-vanishing-point perspective; objects / subjects drawn in
Germen, Murat
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