Publication Date
2004
Publication Place
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Brill
Subject
Islam -- Balkan Peninsula -- History., Muslims -- Balkan Peninsula -- History., Balkan Peninsula -- Religion., Balkan Peninsula -- Civilization -- Islamic influences., Turkey -- Social life and customs -- 17th century., Turkey -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
277
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps
Library
University College Dublin Library
Library Asset ID
10.1163/9789047402770 doi
Record ID
b3147810
Library Location
In collection: Ebook Central Academic Complete UKI Edition, In collection: ACLS Humanities Ebooks
Date
2004
Notes
Includes facsimiles of Kisve bahası petitions with English translations.
Sample Text
This volume offers a new approach to the subject of conversion to Islam in the Balkans. It reconstructs the stages of the Islamization process from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries and examines the factors and stimuli behind it. The practice of accepting Islam in the front of the sultan, characteristic of the last period of Islamization, and granting to new Muslims an amount of money known as kisve bahasi, is shown in the context of Ottoman social development. An innovative structural analysis of the petitions requesting kisve bahasi leads to examining the origins of the practice and.
Erişim
Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff.
Bibliyografya
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-265) and index.
Seri
The Ottoman Empire and its heritage, 1380-6076 ; v. 30, Ottoman Empire and its heritage ; v. 30.
