1. Mustafa Ali and his Education
TODAYS LECTURE
Making of an Ottoman
Mustafa Ali and his Education
Review The imperial project
Mehmet II and the Conquest of Istanbul 1453
Selim I and the Conquest of Arab lands 1517
Suleyman I ,
The new ruling elite and Istanbul
The rulers (askerıi) and the ruled (reaya)
Recruitment and education of the rulıng elıte
Devşirme (recruited boys )
Bureocrats
Ulema (relligio-administrative cadre) complexes

5. THE RULERS AND THE RULED
Ruling elite (askeri)
Sultan and his household
Army
central army (janissaries, kapıkulu sipahi etc)
timar-holding cavalry
Bureocrats
Religio-administrative cadre (ulema, sing. alim)
Privileges including tax exemption
The subjects (reaya)
Peasants, town and city dwellers, and nomads.
Both Muslim and non-Muslim.

6. Topkapı Palace, view from the Bosphorus

8. Recruitment of Children from Arifi, Süleymanname, (Book of Süleyman), dating ca. 1558

9. Janissary recruits playing musical instruments, from Johannes Lewenklaw’s history,, dating from 1586

11. A public council meeting at the second court Lokman, Hünername, (Book of Skills), dating from ca

12. Seated Scribe, Gentile Bellini, 1479–81

13. Gazanfer Ağa medresesi. Divân-i Nâdirî, early seventeenth century

14. Cafer Aga Medresesi, late sixteenth century, view of the courtyard

15. Presenting to the patron during a Sufi gathering, from Mustafa Ali’s Nusretname, Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi H. 1365, dating from 1584.

16. Rüstem Paşa Complex, Tahtakale (1) pre-existing bathhouse, (2) ablution fountain (3) Küçük Çukur Han, (4) Büyük Çukur Han, (5) Burmali Han (law court), (6) courtyard of the law court, (7) cemetery garden