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The Functions of Care (Timaar) System and the Causes of Its Collapse in Ottoman Empire [PDF]
Care system was considered as the basis of official, governmental and financial system of Ottoman Empire. The development as well as the importance of domain in Ottoman government is apparent due to the position of most of their conquests inside the ...
Seyed Masood Shahmoradi, Kiyumars Azimi
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ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
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Representations of the Ottoman Empire in the West: Abdülhamid II’s Portrait in the French Press
This article examines representations of Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II in the French press. Analyzing these representations will help one to better understand the Western perceptions of the Ottoman Empire and the Orient.
Selim Argun, Hatice Rumeysa Dursun
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Evaluating the Copies of Şikârî’s Karamannâme
Many sources are used to obtain information about history. The oral and written resources from civilizations, such as inscriptions, dictionaries, and literary works, are all important for getting an idea about the past.
Mizan Coşkun Özgür
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Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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The tolerant spirit of Islam has inspired Ottoman rulers to adopt policies relating to non-Muslim citizens. The leadership crisis in the Ottoman Empire and the Western interests through capitulation have changed judicial system in the empire, including ...
Meirison Alizar, Qasim Muhammadi
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The role of the economic factor in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire
There are multiple and overlapping factors that lead to the collapse of states, especially a state with the weight of the Ottoman Empire, with its historical depth and geographical extension.
Nasreen Sulaiman Hussein +1 more
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Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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The Hejaz Railway, one of the most significant projects undertaken by the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, stands as a remarkable accomplishment.
أ . م . د . رشا جميل علوان +1 more
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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