THE DIVAN OR COUNCIL 187 THE RULING INSTITUTION AS A WHOLE 193 CHAPTER VII THE MOSLEM INSTITUTION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE GENERAL DESCRIPTION 199 FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE MOSLEM INSTITUTION 200 THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 203 CLERGY, SEIDS, AND DERVISHES 206 JURISTS AND THE MUFTI 207 THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM 215 THE MOSLEM INSTITUTION AS A WHOLE 224 CHAPTER VIII COMPARISON OF THE TWO GREAT INSTITUTIONS LIKENESSES 227 DIFFERENCES 230 INTERACTIONS 232 THE RELATIVE POWER OF THE INSTITUTIONS 233 APPENDICES I. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE TURKS Written in 1534, supposedly by BENEDETTO RAMBERTI. Translated from the Italian 239 II. PAMPHLET OF JUNIS BEY AND ALVISE GRITTI Printed in 1537. Presented in the original Italian 262 III. INCOMPLETE TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE KANUN-NAMEH, OR COLLECTION OF EDICTS, OF SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT AS ARRANGED BY THE MUFTI EBU SU’UD Translated from the Turkish 276 IV. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MOGUL EMPIRE IN INDIA General Comparison of Ottoman and Indian Conditions 278 The Personnel of the Mogul Government 279 Relation of Government to Religious Propagation 283 The Army 285 The Court 287 The Government Proper 292 The Moslems and the Moslem Church 299 Books consulted in the Preparation of Appendix IV 303 V. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES i. Origins of Ottoman Governmental Ideas 305 ii. The Ottoman Government in the Sixteenth Century 307 iii. Alphabetical List of Works Cited 322 GLOSSARY OF TURKISH WORDS 331 INDEX 339 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE INTRODUCTION IDEAS CONSTITUTE A NATION