"Based on many previously unused sources from Ottoman and British archives, Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire offers a micro-history to understand the nineteenth century Ottoman reforms on the eastern frontiers. By examining the administrative, military and fiscal transformation of Muş, a multi-ethnic, multi-religious sub-province in the Ottoman East, it shows how the reforms were not top-down and were shaped according to local particularities. The book also provides a story of the notables, tribes and peasants of a frontier region. Focusing on the relations between state-notables, notables-tribes, notables-peasants and finally tribes-peasants, the book shows both the causes of contention and collaborations between the parties"--
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
A Note on Transliteration
1 Introduction
1.1Frontiers, Tanzimat and Provincial Studies
1.2Historical Geography of Mu
1.3About the Sources
1.4Structure of the Book
2 Emin Pasha of Mu: A Negotiation of Power in the Periphery of the Ottoman
Empire
2.1Notables of Mu and the Nature of Their Political and Economic Power
2.2The Rise of Emin Pasha
2.3Utilization of Frontier Tribes
2.4Conclusion
3 The Revolt of Emin Pasha: Punishment and Cooptation
3.1Preparation for the Revolt: In the Pursuit of Allies
3.2Between Negotiation and Contest
3.3The Contours of Negotiation
3.4The Reappointment of Emin Pasha
3.5Mu in the Course of Centralization Efforts: The First Phase of the
Abolition of Yurtluk-Ocaklks
3.6Conclusion
4 The Tanzimat State in Mu: Collaboration with and Punishment of Local
Actors
4.1On the Eve of the Application of Tanzimat Reforms: A Network of
Exploitation
4.2The Tanzimat State in Mu
4.3Old Actors and the New Regime
4.4erif Bey as Mediator: The Beginning of the End
4.5Exile of Alaaddin Pashazades from Mu
4.6Conclusion
5 Aftermath of the Exile of the Yurtluk-Ocaklk Holders
5.1Confiscation of the Yurtluk-Ocaklk Villages of erif Bey and His
Brothers and Its Implications
5.2Limits of the Villages and the Determination of Salaries
5.3Struggle for Forgiveness
5.4Debate over the Yurtluk-Ocaklk Villages of Emin Pasha
5.5Future of the Yurtluk-Ocaklk Salaries
5.6Conclusion
6 The Post Tanzimat Era: Evaluation of the Reforms through the Petitions of
Ordinary People
6.1Conflicting Viewpoints Regarding Governors
6.2New Administrators, Old Habits
6.3Socio-Economic Results of the Crimean War for Mus Locality
6.4Council Members, Tax Farmers, Moneylenders and Peasants
6.5Conclusion
7 Governors, Tribes, and Peasants
7.1Implications of the Tanzimat Reforms for the Nomadic Groups
7.2Peasants and the Nomads: Settlement of the Tribes
7.3Nomadic Tribes in the Vicinity of the Sanjak of Mu
8 The Hesenan Tribe: The Cases of Rdvan and Kulihan Aghas
8.1The Tribes in Dispute: Conflicts between the Tribes of Mu and Those of
Its Vicinity
8.2In Lieu of a Conclusion
9 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Gülseren Duman Koç, Ph.D. (2018), Boaziçi University, is an assistant professor of History at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey. She has published articles and book chapters in English and Turkish.
