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The Ottoman Empire. Administration and Methods of Rule. Overview . Protecting the Dynasty Succession Treatment of Neighboring Polities Role of the Sultan Provincial-Center Relationship . Protecting the Dynasty. Political Marriages
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The Ottoman Empire Administration and Methods of Rule
Overview • Protecting the Dynasty • Succession • Treatment of Neighboring Polities • Role of the Sultan • Provincial-Center Relationship
Protecting the Dynasty • Political Marriages • Orhan I marriage to daughter of Byzantine ruler John Cantacuzene receiving the Gallipoli peninsula as dowry. • Shuffling of provincial notables • Concubinage • Devşirme System
Succession Policies • Through male lineage • Survival of the Fittest • Administrative Training of Sons • Institution of Ekberiyet • The Gilded Cages,Kafes
Role of the Sultan • Primus Inter Pares • Supreme Sultan • Mehmet the Conqueror • Palace Household • Vizier and Pasha households • Edirne Event of 1703
Role of the Sultan • Shift to Provincial Governments • Autocratic Sultan • Imperial Bureacracy • Decline of the Empire • Young Turk Dictatorship
Treatment of Neighboring Polities • Established Pattern • Alliance • Vassalage • Annexation • Notable exceptions • Moldavia, Wallachia, and Transylvania
Provincial-Center Relationship • Territorial Divisions • Sancakbeyi (District Governors) • Beylerbeyi (Provincial Governors) • Dirlik Systems • Timar • Sancaks (District) • Beylerbeylik(Provinces) • Hās(Revenue) • Provincial Notables