445 pp with b/w figures, pb, in English.
Papers by H. Inalcik published from 1960 through 1994 and dealing with early Ottoman history and historiography and Ottoman urban and legal history are collected in this volume. 2 articles on historiography and 7 articles on sultans and policies and 6 articles on society and economy form the three chapters of the volume.
Preface
Part I Historiograhy
1 Periods in Ottoman History
2 How to Read 'Ashık Pasha-zade's History
Part II Sultans and Policies
1 'Osman Ghazi's Siege of Nicaea and The Battle of Bapheus
2 Mehmed The Conqueror (1432-1481) and His Time
3 Decision making in the Ottoman State
4 The Rüznamçe Registers of the Kadıasker of Rumeli as preserved in the İstanbul Müftülük Archieves
5 Islamization of Ottoman laws on land and land tax
6 Tax collection, embezzlement and bribery in Ottoman finances
The Status of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch under the Ottomans
7 The Status of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch under the Ottomans
Part III Society and Economy
Islam in the Ottoman Empire
İstanbul: an Islamic City
Ottoman Galata, 1453-1553
Greeks in Ottoman Economy and Finances, 1453-1500
"Arab" Camel Drivers in Western Anatolia in the Fifteenth Centruy
The Question of the Closing of the Black Sea under the Ottomans