Baki Tezcan

Karl K. Barbir

Table of Contents Acknowledgements v Norman Itzkowitz as a Historian and a Mentor Baki Tezcan vii Norman Itzkowitz - A Representative List of Publications xiii Eighteenth Century Ottoman Realities Norman Itzkowitz xvii Introduction Karl K. Barbir 1 The Pre- and Early Ottoman Periods Words, Books, and Buildings in Seljuk Anatolia Scott Redford 7 Bapheus and Pelekanon Rudi Paul Lindner 17 Religious v. Ethnic Identity in Fourteenth-Century Bithynia: Gregory Palamas and the Case of the Chionai Ruth A. Miller 27 The Role of the Bursa Palace in Preparing Bread for the Ottoman Sultans Heath W. Lowry 43 The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Shadows of Shadows: Prophecy in Politics in 1530s Istanbul Cornell H. Fleischer 51 A Prince Goes Forth (Perchance to Return) I. Metin Kunt 63 Dispelling the Darkness: The Politics of 'Race' in the Early Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire in the Light of the Life and Work of Mullah Ali Baki Tezcan 73 The Exalted Lineage of Ridvan Bey Revisited: A Reinterpretation of the Spurious Genealogy of a Grandee in Ottoman Egypt Jane Hathaway 97 The Eighteenth and NineteenthCenturies Janissaries and Other Riffraff of Ottoman Istanbul: Rebels without a Cause? Cemal Kafadar 113 One Marker of Ottomanism: Confiscation of Ottoman Officials' Estates Karl K. Barbir 135 The Institution of the Ottoman Embassy and Eighteenth- Century Ottoman History: An Alternative View to Gocek Berrak Burcak 147 Conflict and Collaboration: Rethinking Kurdish-Armenian Relations in the Hamidian Period, 1876-1909 Janet Klein 153 Daughters and Fathers: A Young Druze Woman's Experience (1894-1897) Engin Deniz Akarli 167 The Twentieth Century In Pursuit of Elusive Glory: Enver Pasha's Role in the Pan-Islamic and the Basmachi Movement Suhnaz Yilmaz 185 Marshal Fevzi Cakmak's Family and Education: A Formation Process Nilufer Hatemi 203 Our Women Treasures: Early Republican Turkish Women and Their Public Identity Ipek K. Yosmaoglu 211 On Kemal Ataturk's Psychoanalytic Biography Vamik D. Volkan 229 Contributors 243 Bibliography 245 Index 267.

A Volume of Essays in Honor of Norman Itzkowitz

Identity and Identity Formation in the Ottoman World

On the basis of new evidence from the Ottoman archives in Istanbul, Karl Barbir challenges the current interpretation of Ottoman rule in Damascus during the eighteenth century. He argues that the prevailing themes of decline and stagnation--usually applied to the entire century--in fact apply only to the latter half of the century. This discovery, he contends, affords a more balanced and realistic view of the Near East's Ottoman past than previous studies have suggested. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Ottoman Rule in Damascus, 1708-1758

Identity and Identity Formation in the Ottoman World is a collection of articles authored by the students and colleagues of Norman Itzkowitz. The contributors include Engin Deniz Akarlý, Karl K. Barbir, Cornell H. Fleischer, Jane Hathaway, Cemal Kafadar, Ý. Metin Kunt, Rudi Paul Lindner, Heath W. Lowry, Scott Redford, Vamýk D. Volkan, and others. Norman Itzkowitz was professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University until his retirement in 2001. Itzkowitz published more than a dozen books in three languages focusing on Ottoman history and psychobiography. In recognition of his exceptional contributions to the education and training of his students in Middle East and Ottoman studies, Itzkowitz received the Middle East Studies Association Mentoring Award in 2007.

Karl K. Barbir

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