1. Who lived in this empire? How were the cities?
Today’s lecture
Ottoman History Crash Course- continued
Who lived in this empire?
How were the cities?
How did they think about the world?
-Imperial project
-Territorial expansion
-Centralization and its institutions
-Ruling elite and the subjects
-Cities and Urban Life
-Ottomans and the World

2. What do we need to know about Ottoman History to understand Evliya Çelebi? What would you like to know about Ottoman History and Evliya Çelebi?

3. A Group of History Students in 2411 Writing about Us What do they need to know about our times to understand us?

4. PEOPLE OF THE EMPIRE
The military (askeri)
All the ruling circles including the Sultan and his household,
provincial administrators,
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.

5. Parade Lokman, Surname, (Book of Festivities), dating from 1582.

7. Ahmed I
Mustafa
Osman II
Mustafa
Murad IV
İbrahim
Mehmed IV

8. İstanbul Where would you have visited with Evliya Çelebi in İstanbul?

9. Review: plan of Süleyman’s complex (külliye)
Mosque and mausoleums of Süleyman and Hürreö
4 general medreses
2 specialized medreses- one for the study of medicine, the other for the study of hadis
a Koran school for the children
a hospital
a hospice (tabhane)
a public kitchen (imarethane)
a hammam
rows of small shops

10. Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul.