LEADER 03868nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910826897403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8726-1 010 $a1-4175-2407-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791487266 035 $a(CKB)1000000000446835 035 $a(OCoLC)61367692 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208838 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11198156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208838 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10244820 035 $a(PQKB)11299082 035 $a(OCoLC)55896257 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408362 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594689 035 $a(DE-B1597)682701 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791487266 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408362 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000446835 100 $a20021107d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe nature of the early Ottoman state /$fHeath W. Lowry 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) 225 0$aSUNY series in the social and economic history of the Middle East 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-5636-6 311 $a0-7914-5635-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-189) and index. 327 $tFront Matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tThe Debate to Date --$tWittek Revisited --$tWittek Revisited --$tWhat Could the Terms Gaza and Gazi Have Meant to the Early Ottomans? --$tToward a New Explanation --$tChristian Peasant Life in the Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Empire --$tHis Utilization of Ahmedi?s ?skendernāme The Last Phase of Ottoman Syncretism?The Subsumption of Members of the Byzanto-Balkan Aristocracy into the Ottoman Ruling Elite --$tThe Nature of the Early Ottoman State --$tWittek?s Reading of the Titles Conferred on Orhan in the 1337 Bursa Inscription Compared with the Actual Titles Recorded --$tTitles Used by the Ottoman Dynasty in the Fourteenth and Early-Fifteenth Century --$tWives and Mothers of the Ottoman Dynasty in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century --$tProvincial Governorships Held by Princes of the Ottoman Dynasty in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tSUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East 330 $aDrawing on surviving documents from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, The Nature of the Early Ottoman State provides a revisionist approach to the study of the formative years of the Ottoman Empire. Challenging the predominant view that a desire to spread Islam accounted for Ottoman success during the fourteenth-century advance into Southeastern Europe, Lowry argues that the primary motivation was a desire for booty and slaves. The early Ottomans were a plundering confederacy, open to anyone (Muslim or Christian) who could meaningfully contribute to this goal. It was this lack of a strict religious orthodoxy, and a willingness to preserve local customs and practices, that allowed the Ottomans to gain and maintain support. Later accounts were written to buttress what had become the self-image of the dynasty following its incorporation of the heartland of the Islamic world in the sixteenth century. 607 $aTurkey$xHistory 607 $aTurkey$xCivilization 607 $aTurkey$xSocial conditions 676 $a956/.015 686 $aNN 4200$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aLowry$b Heath W.$f1942-$0452054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826897403321 996 $aThe nature of the early Ottoman state$93983992 997 $aUNINA