Hwee, Kox Choon (2023) Two more Firmans on the Reorganisation of the Ottoman Postal System (1101/1690 and 1209/1794). ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE, 76 (1). pp. 149-164. ISSN 0001-6446
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The present article publishes the texts and translations of two firmans of Suleyman II (1101/1690) and Selim III (1209/1794) that were taken from copies in the kadi registers (sicil) of Amasya and Damascus. They con-cerned the reform of the Ottoman courier and post-station (ulak / menzilhane) network with regard to the Anatolian routes. In contrast to the wide-ranging reforms featured by two other firmans (1108/1696) that Colin Heywood translated in this journal in 2001, these firman texts feature small-scale, targeted reforms. Read together, these firmans shift our understanding of reform away from singular moments of intervention towards a longer-term, incremental model of maintenance.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | history; bureaucracy; Ottoman empire; economic and social history; the Ottoman ulak (courier system); early modern communi-cations; relay station systems; |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World / történelem > D0 History (General) / történelem általában P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PI Oriental languages and literatures / keleti nyelvek és irodalmak |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2024 07:41 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2025 23:16 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/191638 |
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