MESAS 200W Lecture 7: Ottomans and Empire

• School: Emory University
• Department: Middle Eastern & South Asian
• Course: MESAS 200W
• Professor: Dr. Margariti Roxani

Document Summary

Ottomans had many different stages, from a land of iranian christians. First state of the ottoman empire is the feudal state. Bithynia - a region north of isnic, has nice pastures, where ottomans as semi nomadic pastoralists first established themselves. Alliances with various noble lords, give them land in exchange for military support of the sultan. Timar = iqtac - a peace that is given in return for something = npovola (a result of the byzantine empire) Timar - land granted by the ottoman sultans. Succession for head of state is within the ottoman family, but done by competition by eligible male members of the family. They have to prove themselves in battle and have to be good at striking alliances with subservient people. Mehmed (ruled 1444-1481) the conquerer - helped transition from feudal to patrimonial. Suleyman (1520-1566) - by the time of his reign, we have the full transition into the patrimonial empire (man of wisdom)