SINCERITY OF CONVERSION 68 EFFECT OF THE PROCESS 69 II. THE EDUCATIONAL SCHEME 71 THE COLLEGES OF PAGES 73 THE HAREM 78 THE AJEM-OGHLANS 79 ADVANCEMENT BASED ON MERIT 82 PUNISHMENTS 88 CHAPTER IV THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS AN ARMY THE MILITARY ASPECT 90 THE JANISSARIES 91 THE SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE 93 THE SPAHIS OF THE PORTE 98 THE FEUDAL SPAHIS 100 OFFICERS OF THE FEUDAL SPAHIS 103 OTHER BODIES OF TROOPS 105 DISCIPLINE AND ARDOR 108 THE SUPREME COMMAND 109 INDIVISIBILITY OF THE ARMY 111 CHAPTER V THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS A NOBILITY AND A COURT I. PRIVILEGES OF THE KULLAR 114 NOBILITY NOT HEREDITARY 117 II. CHARACTER OF THE SULTAN’S COURT 120 ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSEHOLD 123 THE HAREM 124 THE INSIDE SERVICE 126 THE OUTSIDE SERVICE 128 THE CEREMONIES OF THE COURT 133 INFLUENCE OF THE COURT 141 CHAPTER VI THE RULING INSTITUTION: AS GOVERNMENT SUMMARY 146 FUNCTIONS OF THE OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT 147 THE SULTAN AS HEAD OF THE STATE AND OF THE GOVERNMENT 150 THE SULTAN AS LEGISLATOR 152 THE LEGISLATION OF SULEIMAN 159 THE VIZIERS 163 THE DEFTERDARS OR TREASURERS 167 TAXATION IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE 175 SULEIMAN’S INCOME 179 THE NISHANJI OR CHANCELLOR 182