Book contents
- The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
- The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Diacritics
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- 1 Introducing the Chief Harem Eunuch
- 2 The African Connection
- 3 Arrangement in Black and White
- 4 The Creation of the Office of Chief Harem Eunuch and the Career of Habeshi Mehmed Agha
- 5 The Crisis Years of the Seventeenth Century
- 6 Yusuf Agha and the Köprülü Reforms
- 7 A New Paradigm
- 8 Exile and the Kingdom
- 9 The Chief Harem Eunuch and Ottoman Religious and Intellectual Life
- 10 Reformed Out of Existence
- 11 Memorializing the Chief Harem Eunuch
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendix: Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuchs
- Works Cited
- Index
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 October 2018
- The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
- The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman Harem
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration and Diacritics
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- 1 Introducing the Chief Harem Eunuch
- 2 The African Connection
- 3 Arrangement in Black and White
- 4 The Creation of the Office of Chief Harem Eunuch and the Career of Habeshi Mehmed Agha
- 5 The Crisis Years of the Seventeenth Century
- 6 Yusuf Agha and the Köprülü Reforms
- 7 A New Paradigm
- 8 Exile and the Kingdom
- 9 The Chief Harem Eunuch and Ottoman Religious and Intellectual Life
- 10 Reformed Out of Existence
- 11 Memorializing the Chief Harem Eunuch
- 12 Conclusion
- Appendix: Ottoman Chief Harem Eunuchs
- Works Cited
- Index
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- The Chief Eunuch of the Ottoman HaremFrom African Slave to Power-Broker, pp. xv - xviPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018