Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922Princeton University Press, 1980 - 455 strán (strany) From the author's preface: Sublime Porte--there must be few terms more redolent, even today, of the fascination that the Islamic Middle East has long exercised over Western imaginations. Yet there must also be few Western minds that now know what this term refers to, or why it has any claim to attention. One present-day Middle East expert admits to having long interpreted the expression as a reference to Istambul's splendid natural harbor. This individual is probably not unique and could perhaps claim to be relatively well informed. When the Sublime Porte still existed, Westerners who spent time in Istanbul knew the term as a designation for the Ottoman government, but few knew why the name was used, or what aspect of the Ottoman government it properly designated. What was the real Sublime Porte? Was it an organization? A building? No more, literally, than a door or gateway? What about it was important enough to cause the name to be remembered? |
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TWO THE EVOLUTION OF THE RULING CLASS AND | 41 |
THREE THE IMPACT OF IMPERIAL DECLINE ON | 69 |
FOUR REASSERTION OF THE SULTANATE AND FOUNDATION | 112 |
FIVE THE CIVILBUREAUCRATIC HEGEMONY OF | 151 |
THE FIRST | 221 |
SEVEN ONCE MORE TOWARD REDEFINITION OF | 291 |
EIGHT ONE AND ONETHIRD CENTURIES | 338 |
Notes | 353 |
Bibliography | 407 |
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