The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the MagnificentLybyer, Albert Howe
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The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent
Lybyer, Albert Howe
Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566; Turkey -- Politics and government
Akbar, Mogul emperor, 278, 281;
removed poll-tax on non-Moslems, 284;
army of, 295;
presents made to, 188;
harem of, 290;
revenue system of, 293, 294;
amount of revenue of, 195;
policy of, toward cultivators of soil, 297;
removed internal tolls, 298;
tolerated Hindus, 298;
relation to Mohammedanism of, 302;
“divine faith” of, 302.
Albania, status of, 30, 33, 258, 297;
furnished tribute boys, 52, 74.
Ali Pasha, grand vizier of Suleiman, steps in promotion of, 87, 88;
great authority, 164.
Anatolia, 77, 79 note 4, 102, 104, 168, 169, 220;
_Beylerbey_ of, 103-105, 189.
Arabia, status of, 6, 30;
rendering of justice in, 37;
taxation in, 175, 176.
Arabic language, 21, 77.
Arabs, influence on Ottoman Empire, 4, 20, 23;
in Foreign Legion, 50;
relation of, to Ottoman government, 227, 258, 297;
service of, to Mogul emperors, 281.
Arbitrary taxes, 175, 176.
Architecture, in Ottoman Empire, 23, 24, 239-241;
in Mogul Empire, 287, 295.
Armenian subjects, a separate organization, 34, 37;
not liable to tribute of boys, 34.
Arms, of _Spahis_ of the Porte and Janissaries, 138, 139;
of Mogul infantry, 285.
Army—
Of Ottoman Empire, 90-113, 194;
principal subdivisions of, 91;
the territorial army, 104, 105;
numbers in, 106, 107 and note 1;
the supreme command of, 109-111;
indivisibility of, 111-113.
Of Mogul emperors, 279, 285-287;
compared with Ottoman army, 285.
Artillery of Mogul emperors, 286.
Asia Minor, Occidental influence in, 7;
occupation of, by Turks, 5, 14 ff., 35, 227;
defined, 14 note 1;
teachers from, 77;
Janissary apprentices sent to, 79;
heretics in, 210.
_See_ Anatolia.
Astrologer of sultan, 129.
Audiences, of Suleiman, 101;
of Aurangzeb, 289, 296;
of Humayun, 296.
Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor, compared with Suleiman, 278, 302;
a zealous Moslem, 284, 298, 302;
army of, 286, 287;
audiences of, 289, 296;
sisters of, 291;
views on government of, 292;
in civil wars, 293;
revenue of, 295;
reimposed capitation tax on non-Moslems, 295;
education of, 300, 301.
Austria, raided, 29, 50;
paid tribute to Suleiman, 30, 177;
wars of, with Ottoman Empire, 112, 113.
Baber, founder of Mogul Empire, house of, compared with house of
Osman, 278, 292, 293, 299 (_see_ Timur, house of);
followers of, 279;
character of, 280;
family life of, 281;
treatment of Moslem subjects by, 298.
Babylon, 4.
Bairam, feast of, 135, 136, 140.
Balkan peninsula, 6, 51, 103.
_See_ Albanians, Bulgarians, Rumelia, Servians.
Bangash tribe of Afghans, 281, 282.
Battle, order of, 100, 104.
Bayezid II, circumstances of deposition of, 94;
gave _kullar_ their own justice, 116;
honor shown the _Mufti_ by, 209.
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