From manual to literature: Two texts on the Ottoman timar system
From manual to literature: Two texts on the Ottoman timar system
Author(s): Douglas A. HowardSubject(s): Economic history, Military history, Political history, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: timar; Advice for Kings; lists; Ottoman provinces; scribe; defter; Kanunname;
Summary/Abstract: Close comparison of the text erroneously attributed to Ali Çavuş of Sofia and the Kavanin-i Al-i Osman of Ayn Ali shows that the two are related, having common content and a similar structure. A direct genetic relationship cannot be demonstrated. Rather, Ayn Ali used the other text as a literary model, transforming what was essentially a scribal manual into a literary work in the advice for kings genre.
Journal: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
- Issue Year: 61/2008
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 87-99
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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