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Books by İsmail Hakkı Kadı
STUDIES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 2024
In his memoirs, Ambassador Straus records that this idea first emerged after the Washington corre... more In his memoirs, Ambassador Straus records that this idea first emerged after the Washington correspondent of Chicago Record, William E. Curtis, had a meeting with an official working at the Turkish embassy in the United States, and that Curtis brought it to the attention of the American Secretary of State, John Hay, who informed the ambassador in a letter.
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, 2021
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, is a product of meticulous ... more Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, is a product of meticulous study of İsmail Hakkı Kadı, A.C.S. Peacock and other contributors on historical documents from the Ottoman archives. The work contains documents in Ottoman-Turkish, Malay, Arabic, French, English, Tausung, Burmese and Thai languages, each introduced by an expert in the language and history of the related country. The work contains documents hitherto unknown to historians as well as others that have been unearthed before but remained confined to the use of limited scholars who had access to the Ottoman archives. The resources published in this study show that the Ottoman Empire was an active actor within the context of Southeast Asian experience with Western colonialism. The fact that the extensive literature on this experience made limited use of Ottoman source materials indicates the crucial importance of this publication for future innovative research in the field.
Contributors are: Giancarlo Casale, Annabel Teh Gallop, Rıfat Günalan, Patricia Herbert, Jana Igunma, Midori Kawashima, Abraham Sakili and Michael Talbot
“The Ottoman Empire And The Kingdom Of Siam Through The Ages” explores the interactions between t... more “The Ottoman Empire And The Kingdom Of Siam Through The Ages” explores the interactions between the two countries from the 16th century to the early 20th century. The book comprises two chapters written by Dr. Andrew Peacock and Dr. İsmail Hakkı Kadı, and an extensive appendix of various documents from the Turkish archives. The first chapter “The Ottomans and Siam, c. 1500-1800” by Dr. Peacock focuses on the relations between the two countries through the early modern period mainly on the basis of the geographical treatises of Ottoman intellectual milieu. In this chapter Dr. Peacock also analyses the Ottoman servants of the Kingdom of Siam and the commercial links between the two countries during the period. In the Second chapter “Relations between the Kingdom of Siam and the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries” Dr. Kadı focuses on the interactions during the 19th century mainly based on Ottoman archival sources and newspapers. The royal visits to Istanbul by the prominent Siamese princes Damrong, Chakrabongse and Boworadet are studies in detail as they were covered by Newspapers and official documents. Dr. Kadı’s chapter deals also with Ottoman interactions with the Muslim communities of Siam and the presence of Ottoman figures on various buildings belonging to the Muslims in Bangkok. The extensive appendix at the end of the book contain the original photos of the relevant documents in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. Transliterations and (summary)translations of these documents are given in the appendix as well.
This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (most... more This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and the local resistance they faced, and the Ottoman non-Muslim merchant’s infiltration of the Dutch Levant trade and the Dutch reaction to this form of Ottoman 'expansion'.
Chapters in Edited Volumes by İsmail Hakkı Kadı
STUDIES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 2024
![Research paper thumbnail of - [with Ayşe Güveli] “Başörtüsü Yasağının Sosyal, Ekonomik ve Psikolojik Etkileri” [Social, Economic and Psychological Impact of the Ban on Headscarf], in Kadir Canatan (ed.), Beden Sosyolojisi, (İstanbul, Açılım Kitap, 2011), pp. 169-188.](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/28306007/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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The nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of new patterns of interaction between the Ottoman... more The nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of new patterns of interaction between the Ottoman Empire and other parts of the Islamic world. This development became, especially during the latter part of the century, an important issue for the colonial powers. Sometimes the latter tried to use these new relations to the advantage of their colonial policies, but at the same time there was a widespread fear of their potential to undermine western control over the Muslim-dominated parts of their colonies. Ottoman rapprochement with the wider Islamic world was thus problematised within the context of colonial policies and led to considerable debate among western policymakers and some leading orientalists such as Snouck Hurgronje...
Articles in Periodicals by İsmail Hakkı Kadı
The Medieval History Journal, 2019
The role of non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire has been a topic of debate among scholar... more The role of non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire has been a topic of debate among scholars who approached the issue from various perspectives at different times. One thread in this debate focused on these communities’ role in Ottoman trade with Europe and emphasized their relations with western capital in explanation of their prominence in the Ottoman economy. This article attempts to explain the vitality of non-Muslim merchants through the centuries in the face of Western economic penetration of the Ottoman Empire, by focusing on transaction costs and market imperfections in North-western Anatolia. The article focuses on the trade in mohair yarn and cotton, which were the most important commodities exported to the Netherlands from the Ottoman Empire. Relying on data obtained from Dutch archives on cotton and mohair yarn consignments from Ankara and Izmir to Amsterdam, the article emphasises the diversity and complexity of the various transactions and expenses required to deliver these consignments to Amsterdam. It suggests that the local merchants were able to take advantage of the market imperfections and high transaction costs in North Western Anatolia while interacting with European merchants in the region.
The International History Review, 2020
Diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh (today a province in no... more Diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh (today a province in north-west Indonesia), which had begun in the sixteenth century but then subsequently neglected over the next two centuries, were reinvigorated in the 1840 s when the expanding Dutch colonial empire arrived on the borders of Aceh. When the Acehnese sought to revive the defunct relations with Istanbul, they were met with an ambivalent Ottoman response. Ottoman statesmen seemed torn between the potential benefits of the suggested cooperation and the perils of antagonizing Western colonial powers in the region. Ambivalence also characterized the Ottomans’ response to the Acehnese request for Ottoman suzerainty over their territories in 1868-9, in 1872-3 on the eve of the Dutch invasion of their country, and in the aftermath, for fear of consequent conflict with the Great Powers. By reconstructing the history of Aceh-Ottoman diplomatic interactions on the basis of hereto unexplored Ottoman records, this article aims to reinstate not only the Acehnese, but also the Ottomans as agents in their own right, during a period of Western colonialist expansion. As such, it seeks to decenter historical narratives of nineteenth-century interstate relations, traditionally based on European sources and perceptions, which mostly ignore the agency and diplomatic interactions of non-Western powers.
Cihannüma Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi, Jul 14, 2020
This article introduces the primary sources of Ottoman history held in various archives and libra... more This article introduces the primary sources of Ottoman history held in various archives and libraries in the Netherlands and discusses their potential for studies on Ottoman history. The primary sources on Ottoman history produced by Dutch institutions evolved both in terms of quantity and content over time in parallel with the transformation of the institutions that conducted and coordinated commercial and diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire. The Dutch emerged as an important commercial actor in the Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the sixteenth century, obtained their first ahidname from the Ottoman Empire in 1612 and established an embassy in Istanbul and consulates in various trade centres of the Empire. The records of these diplomatic and commercial representatives are important sources for Ottoman history since they contain information about Dutch commercial and diplomatic activities as well as about various developments in the Empire. Beyond these records held in the Dutch National Archives in The Hague, there are primary sources on Ottoman history in various local archives and libraries in the Netherlands. Among these libraries, Leiden University Library has a special importance due to its “Oriental Manuscript Collection”. In various municipal archives, which can be defined as local archives, both notarial records and documents left behind by a number of companies trading with the Ottoman market are sources that provide an opportunity to look at the Ottoman commercial life from a very different perspective.
Abstract This article focuses on an image that is believed to be a photo of the Japanese Prince Y... more Abstract
This article focuses on an image that is believed to be a photo of the Japanese Prince Yorihito Higashifushimi-no-miya (Komatsu-no-miya) and his entourage taken during their official visit to Istanbul in 1894, and argues that the photo is actually of the Siamese Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and his entourage taken during their visit in Istanbul in 1891. This claim is attested by means of information gathered from archival documents and newspapers on the details of the visit of Prince Damrong to Istanbul. The identities of Ottoman officials and the members of the visiting delegation who accompanied the Prince are established by means of this information. Then the individual photos of these persons are compared with the people in the photo in question. As it is clear from the available information that Prince Damrong visited Istanbul after he had presented a Medal to the Russian Tsar in Livadiya, the thesis of the article is also supported with the photos of the same delegation taken in Russia. Although it focuses on a single photograph, the article tests the potential of the method of consulting archival documents and newspapers in combination with historical photographs for the study of late Ottoman history.
Özet
Bu makalede, resmî bir ziyaret için 1894’te İstanbul’a gelen Japon Prensi Yorihito Higashifushimi-no-miya (Komatsu-no-miya ) ve heyetinin İstanbul’da çektirdiği bir fotoğraf olduğu kabul edile gelmiş olan bir fotoğraf ve ondan üretilen kartpostalların, aslında İstanbul’u 1891’de ziyaret eden Siyam Prensi Damrong Rajanubhab ve heyetine ait olduğu tartışılarak ortaya konulmaktadır. Arşiv belgeleri ve gazetelerden derlenen bilgilerle Prens Damrong’un ziyaretinin detayları ve ona ziyaretinde eşlik eden gerek Osmanlı erkânı ve gerekse misafir heyet mensuplarının kimler oldukları tespit edildikten sonra bu kişilere ait bireysel fotoğraflar bulunmuş ve bu fotoğraflarla tartışma konusu fotoğraftaki şahıslar karşılaştırılarak sonuca ulaşılmıştır. Prens Damrong ve heyetinin İstanbul’a, Rus Çar’ına Livadiye’de madalya takdim ettikten sonra geldiği tespit edildiğinden, Siyam heyetinin Rusya’da çektirdiği fotoğrafların da ilavesiyle makalenin tezi desteklenmiştir. Makale, tek bir fotoğrafın mahiyetine odaklanmış olmakla birlikte, tarihi fotoğraflarla arşiv belgeleri ve gazetelerin birlikte kullanılmasına yönelik bir yöntem denemesi niteliği de taşımaktadır. Makalede bizzat uygulanan yöntemle, benzer görsel malzemenin ele alınmasının sahip olduğu potansiyel ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır.
![Research paper thumbnail of [with Jan Schmidt] “Paul Maashoek: Dutch Merchant and Adventurer in Palestine (1669-1711),” Eurasian Studies, IV/1(2005), pp. 1-17.](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/28305904/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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![Research paper thumbnail of - [with A.C.S. Peacock and Annabel Teh Gallop] “Islam, Trade and Politics across the Indian Ocean: Preliminary Results of Research in the Ottoman Archives” British Academy review, 14(2009), pp. 36-39.](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/28306008/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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STUDIES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 2024
In his memoirs, Ambassador Straus records that this idea first emerged after the Washington corre... more In his memoirs, Ambassador Straus records that this idea first emerged after the Washington correspondent of Chicago Record, William E. Curtis, had a meeting with an official working at the Turkish embassy in the United States, and that Curtis brought it to the attention of the American Secretary of State, John Hay, who informed the ambassador in a letter.
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, 2021
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, is a product of meticulous ... more Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, is a product of meticulous study of İsmail Hakkı Kadı, A.C.S. Peacock and other contributors on historical documents from the Ottoman archives. The work contains documents in Ottoman-Turkish, Malay, Arabic, French, English, Tausung, Burmese and Thai languages, each introduced by an expert in the language and history of the related country. The work contains documents hitherto unknown to historians as well as others that have been unearthed before but remained confined to the use of limited scholars who had access to the Ottoman archives. The resources published in this study show that the Ottoman Empire was an active actor within the context of Southeast Asian experience with Western colonialism. The fact that the extensive literature on this experience made limited use of Ottoman source materials indicates the crucial importance of this publication for future innovative research in the field.
Contributors are: Giancarlo Casale, Annabel Teh Gallop, Rıfat Günalan, Patricia Herbert, Jana Igunma, Midori Kawashima, Abraham Sakili and Michael Talbot
“The Ottoman Empire And The Kingdom Of Siam Through The Ages” explores the interactions between t... more “The Ottoman Empire And The Kingdom Of Siam Through The Ages” explores the interactions between the two countries from the 16th century to the early 20th century. The book comprises two chapters written by Dr. Andrew Peacock and Dr. İsmail Hakkı Kadı, and an extensive appendix of various documents from the Turkish archives. The first chapter “The Ottomans and Siam, c. 1500-1800” by Dr. Peacock focuses on the relations between the two countries through the early modern period mainly on the basis of the geographical treatises of Ottoman intellectual milieu. In this chapter Dr. Peacock also analyses the Ottoman servants of the Kingdom of Siam and the commercial links between the two countries during the period. In the Second chapter “Relations between the Kingdom of Siam and the Ottoman Empire during the Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries” Dr. Kadı focuses on the interactions during the 19th century mainly based on Ottoman archival sources and newspapers. The royal visits to Istanbul by the prominent Siamese princes Damrong, Chakrabongse and Boworadet are studies in detail as they were covered by Newspapers and official documents. Dr. Kadı’s chapter deals also with Ottoman interactions with the Muslim communities of Siam and the presence of Ottoman figures on various buildings belonging to the Muslims in Bangkok. The extensive appendix at the end of the book contain the original photos of the relevant documents in the Ottoman archives in Istanbul. Transliterations and (summary)translations of these documents are given in the appendix as well.
This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (most... more This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and the local resistance they faced, and the Ottoman non-Muslim merchant’s infiltration of the Dutch Levant trade and the Dutch reaction to this form of Ottoman 'expansion'.
STUDIES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, 2024
The nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of new patterns of interaction between the Ottoman... more The nineteenth century witnessed the emergence of new patterns of interaction between the Ottoman Empire and other parts of the Islamic world. This development became, especially during the latter part of the century, an important issue for the colonial powers. Sometimes the latter tried to use these new relations to the advantage of their colonial policies, but at the same time there was a widespread fear of their potential to undermine western control over the Muslim-dominated parts of their colonies. Ottoman rapprochement with the wider Islamic world was thus problematised within the context of colonial policies and led to considerable debate among western policymakers and some leading orientalists such as Snouck Hurgronje...
The Medieval History Journal, 2019
The role of non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire has been a topic of debate among scholar... more The role of non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire has been a topic of debate among scholars who approached the issue from various perspectives at different times. One thread in this debate focused on these communities’ role in Ottoman trade with Europe and emphasized their relations with western capital in explanation of their prominence in the Ottoman economy. This article attempts to explain the vitality of non-Muslim merchants through the centuries in the face of Western economic penetration of the Ottoman Empire, by focusing on transaction costs and market imperfections in North-western Anatolia. The article focuses on the trade in mohair yarn and cotton, which were the most important commodities exported to the Netherlands from the Ottoman Empire. Relying on data obtained from Dutch archives on cotton and mohair yarn consignments from Ankara and Izmir to Amsterdam, the article emphasises the diversity and complexity of the various transactions and expenses required to deliver these consignments to Amsterdam. It suggests that the local merchants were able to take advantage of the market imperfections and high transaction costs in North Western Anatolia while interacting with European merchants in the region.
The International History Review, 2020
Diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh (today a province in no... more Diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh (today a province in north-west Indonesia), which had begun in the sixteenth century but then subsequently neglected over the next two centuries, were reinvigorated in the 1840 s when the expanding Dutch colonial empire arrived on the borders of Aceh. When the Acehnese sought to revive the defunct relations with Istanbul, they were met with an ambivalent Ottoman response. Ottoman statesmen seemed torn between the potential benefits of the suggested cooperation and the perils of antagonizing Western colonial powers in the region. Ambivalence also characterized the Ottomans’ response to the Acehnese request for Ottoman suzerainty over their territories in 1868-9, in 1872-3 on the eve of the Dutch invasion of their country, and in the aftermath, for fear of consequent conflict with the Great Powers. By reconstructing the history of Aceh-Ottoman diplomatic interactions on the basis of hereto unexplored Ottoman records, this article aims to reinstate not only the Acehnese, but also the Ottomans as agents in their own right, during a period of Western colonialist expansion. As such, it seeks to decenter historical narratives of nineteenth-century interstate relations, traditionally based on European sources and perceptions, which mostly ignore the agency and diplomatic interactions of non-Western powers.
Cihannüma Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi, Jul 14, 2020
This article introduces the primary sources of Ottoman history held in various archives and libra... more This article introduces the primary sources of Ottoman history held in various archives and libraries in the Netherlands and discusses their potential for studies on Ottoman history. The primary sources on Ottoman history produced by Dutch institutions evolved both in terms of quantity and content over time in parallel with the transformation of the institutions that conducted and coordinated commercial and diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire. The Dutch emerged as an important commercial actor in the Eastern Mediterranean at the end of the sixteenth century, obtained their first ahidname from the Ottoman Empire in 1612 and established an embassy in Istanbul and consulates in various trade centres of the Empire. The records of these diplomatic and commercial representatives are important sources for Ottoman history since they contain information about Dutch commercial and diplomatic activities as well as about various developments in the Empire. Beyond these records held in the Dutch National Archives in The Hague, there are primary sources on Ottoman history in various local archives and libraries in the Netherlands. Among these libraries, Leiden University Library has a special importance due to its “Oriental Manuscript Collection”. In various municipal archives, which can be defined as local archives, both notarial records and documents left behind by a number of companies trading with the Ottoman market are sources that provide an opportunity to look at the Ottoman commercial life from a very different perspective.
Abstract This article focuses on an image that is believed to be a photo of the Japanese Prince Y... more Abstract
This article focuses on an image that is believed to be a photo of the Japanese Prince Yorihito Higashifushimi-no-miya (Komatsu-no-miya) and his entourage taken during their official visit to Istanbul in 1894, and argues that the photo is actually of the Siamese Prince Damrong Rajanubhab and his entourage taken during their visit in Istanbul in 1891. This claim is attested by means of information gathered from archival documents and newspapers on the details of the visit of Prince Damrong to Istanbul. The identities of Ottoman officials and the members of the visiting delegation who accompanied the Prince are established by means of this information. Then the individual photos of these persons are compared with the people in the photo in question. As it is clear from the available information that Prince Damrong visited Istanbul after he had presented a Medal to the Russian Tsar in Livadiya, the thesis of the article is also supported with the photos of the same delegation taken in Russia. Although it focuses on a single photograph, the article tests the potential of the method of consulting archival documents and newspapers in combination with historical photographs for the study of late Ottoman history.
Özet
Bu makalede, resmî bir ziyaret için 1894’te İstanbul’a gelen Japon Prensi Yorihito Higashifushimi-no-miya (Komatsu-no-miya ) ve heyetinin İstanbul’da çektirdiği bir fotoğraf olduğu kabul edile gelmiş olan bir fotoğraf ve ondan üretilen kartpostalların, aslında İstanbul’u 1891’de ziyaret eden Siyam Prensi Damrong Rajanubhab ve heyetine ait olduğu tartışılarak ortaya konulmaktadır. Arşiv belgeleri ve gazetelerden derlenen bilgilerle Prens Damrong’un ziyaretinin detayları ve ona ziyaretinde eşlik eden gerek Osmanlı erkânı ve gerekse misafir heyet mensuplarının kimler oldukları tespit edildikten sonra bu kişilere ait bireysel fotoğraflar bulunmuş ve bu fotoğraflarla tartışma konusu fotoğraftaki şahıslar karşılaştırılarak sonuca ulaşılmıştır. Prens Damrong ve heyetinin İstanbul’a, Rus Çar’ına Livadiye’de madalya takdim ettikten sonra geldiği tespit edildiğinden, Siyam heyetinin Rusya’da çektirdiği fotoğrafların da ilavesiyle makalenin tezi desteklenmiştir. Makale, tek bir fotoğrafın mahiyetine odaklanmış olmakla birlikte, tarihi fotoğraflarla arşiv belgeleri ve gazetelerin birlikte kullanılmasına yönelik bir yöntem denemesi niteliği de taşımaktadır. Makalede bizzat uygulanan yöntemle, benzer görsel malzemenin ele alınmasının sahip olduğu potansiyel ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır.
Istanbul Medeniyet University is happy to announce a new M.A. program in Ottoman Studies for the ... more Istanbul Medeniyet University is happy to announce a new M.A. program in Ottoman Studies for the academic year 2016/2017. The two-year program focuses on the place of the Ottoman Empire in world history and aims to prepare students for distinguished careers in the Arts and Humanities.
The program is primarily (but not exclusively) oriented towards students from the countries sharing Ottoman heritage. Students will be encouraged to focus on research topics related to their places of origins and base their research on the sources of their localities along with the archives in Istanbul. By means of this, the program aims to create an intellectual environment where the Ottoman past is studied and analyzed as a common experience of these countries and/or regions from late middle ages down to the early twentieth century. This scholarly activity will then contribute to the deconstruction of nation state-centric perceptions of Ottoman history by bringing-in alternative histories of the Empire, while at the same time lay the ground for a more balanced and scholarly approach to the Ottoman era in the national narratives of Post-Ottoman states.
Ismail Hakkı Kadı, Annabel Teh Gallop and Andrew Peacock, ‘Islam, trade and politics across the I... more Ismail Hakkı Kadı, Annabel Teh Gallop and Andrew Peacock, ‘Islam, trade and politics across the Indian Ocean’, British Academy Review, 2009, 14: 36-39.
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations (2 vols.), 2020
and Thai languages, each introduced by an expert in the language and history of the related count... more and Thai languages, each introduced by an expert in the language and history of the related country. The work contains documents hitherto unknown to historians as well as others that have been unearthed before but remained con ned to the use of limited scholars who had access to the Ottoman archives. The resources published in this study show that the Ottoman Empire was an active actor within the context of Southeast Asian experience with Western colonialism. The fact that the extensive literature on this experience made limited use of Ottoman source materials indicates the crucial importance of this publication for future innovative research in the eld.
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations (2 vols.)
Cihannüma: Tarih ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi
Bu makalede, Hollanda'daki muhtelif arşiv ve kütüphanelerde tutulan Osmanlı tarihi ile ilgili bir... more Bu makalede, Hollanda'daki muhtelif arşiv ve kütüphanelerde tutulan Osmanlı tarihi ile ilgili birincil kaynakların tanıtımı yapılarak bunların Osmanlı tarihi çalışmaları açısından taşıdıkları potansiyel tartışılmaktadır. Hollanda'nın Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ile gerek ticari ve gerekse diplomatik ilişkilerini yürüten ve koordine eden kurumların zaman içerisinde uğradıkları dönüşüme paralel olarak bu ülkenin Osmanlı tarihine dair kaynakları da hem nitelik hem de nicelik yönüyle değişim göstermektedir. On altıncı yüzyılın sonunda Doğu Akdeniz'de önemli bir ticari aktör olarak ortaya çıkan Hollandalılar 1612 yılında Osmanlı Devletinden ilk ahidnamelerini elde ettikten sonra İstanbul'da elçilik ve çeşitli ticaret merkezlerinde konsolosluklar ihdas etmişlerdir. Osmanlı topraklarında ihdas edilen bu diplomatik ve ticari temsilciliklerin gerek kendi faaliyetlerine ve gerekse Osmanlı İmparatorluğundaki muhtelif gelişmelere dair tuttukları kayıtlar Osmanlı tarihi için önemli kaynaklardır. Lahey'deki Hollanda Milli Arşivlerinde tutulan bu kayıtların ötesinde çeşitli yerel arşivlerde ve kütüphanelerde de Osmanlı tarihine dair kaynaklar mevcuttur. Söz konusu kütüphaneler içerisinde Leiden Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi, sahip olduğu "Doğu elyazmaları koleksiyonu" dolayısıyla özel bir öneme sahiptir. Yerel arşivler olarak tanımlanabilecek muhtelif belediye arşivlerinde de gerek noterlik kayıtları ve gerekse Osmanlı pazarıyla ticaret yapan bir takım şirketlerden kalan evrak, özellikle Osmanlı ticari hayatına oldukça farklı bir perspektiften bakma imkânı sunan kaynaklardır.
The International History Review
Abstract Diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh (today a provi... more Abstract Diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and the Sultanate of Aceh (today a province in north-west Indonesia), which had begun in the sixteenth century but then subsequently neglected over the next two centuries, were reinvigorated in the 1840 s when the expanding Dutch colonial empire arrived on the borders of Aceh. When the Acehnese sought to revive the defunct relations with Istanbul, they were met with an ambivalent Ottoman response. Ottoman statesmen seemed torn between the potential benefits of the suggested cooperation and the perils of antagonizing Western colonial powers in the region. Ambivalence also characterized the Ottomans’ response to the Acehnese request for Ottoman suzerainty over their territories in 1868-9, in 1872-3 on the eve of the Dutch invasion of their country, and in the aftermath, for fear of consequent conflict with the Great Powers. By reconstructing the history of Aceh-Ottoman diplomatic interactions on the basis of hereto unexplored Ottoman records, this article aims to reinstate not only the Acehnese, but also the Ottomans as agents in their own right, during a period of Western colonialist expansion. As such, it seeks to decenter historical narratives of nineteenth-century interstate relations, traditionally based on European sources and perceptions, which mostly ignore the agency and diplomatic interactions of non-Western powers.
The Medieval History Journal
The role of non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire has been a topic of debate among scholar... more The role of non-Muslim communities in the Ottoman Empire has been a topic of debate among scholars who approached the issue from various perspectives at different times. One thread in this debate focused on these communities’ role in Ottoman trade with Europe and emphasized their relations with western capital in explanation of their prominence in the Ottoman economy. This article attempts to explain the vitality of non-Muslim merchants through the centuries in the face of Western economic penetration of the Ottoman Empire, by focusing on transaction costs and market imperfections in North-western Anatolia. The article focuses on the trade in mohair yarn and cotton, which were the most important commodities exported to the Netherlands from the Ottoman Empire. Relying on data obtained from Dutch archives on cotton and mohair yarn consignments from Ankara and Izmir to Amsterdam, the article emphasises the diversity and complexity of the various transactions and expenses required to de...
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations (2 vols.)
Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century
This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (most... more This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century, particularly the mohair trade in Ankara, and Ottoman infiltration of the Dutch trade between Amsterdam and Izmir.
Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century, 2012
This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (most... more This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century, particularly the mohair trade in Ankara, and Ottoman infiltration of the Dutch trade between Amsterdam and Izmir.
Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century, 2012
Mapping the Acehnese Past, 2011
In this chapter, the author considers an especially significant collection of documents from the ... more In this chapter, the author considers an especially significant collection of documents from the mid-nineteenth century, written in connection with Acehnese efforts to convince the Ottomans to provide both diplomatic and military support against the Dutch, whose encroachment over Sumatra was presenting an evergreater risk to Acehnese independence. Ottoman archival documents from Istanbul discussed in the chapter underlines the supreme importance of the Ottoman connection from the Acehnese perspective. The Ottoman response, examined in the chapter, suggests that these strategies met a measure of success in persuading at least some in Istanbul of the justice of the Acehnese cause, even if the geopolitical realities of the Ottomans? weak position vis-a-vis colonial powers meant that Istanbul could reply only cautiously. Mansur Syah?s Arabic letter is humble in tone, but reflects the completely different epistolary etiquette then current in the Ottoman empire for writing in Arabic to an overlord. Keywords: Acehnese independence; Istanbul; Mansur Syah; Ottoman empire; Sumatra
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations (2 vols.)
Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century
This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (most... more This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century, particularly the mohair trade in Ankara, and Ottoman infiltration of the Dutch trade between Amsterdam and Izmir.
Ottoman and Dutch Merchants in the Eighteenth Century
The International History Review, 2021
This special issue centers on the Ottomans’ diverse engagements with the international in the lon... more This special issue centers on the Ottomans’ diverse engagements with the international in the long nineteenth century and features six contributions that explore little-known case-studies including Istanbul’s links with the Sultanate of Aceh, Canada, the Hanseatic Cities, and the Holy See. Together they shed new light on important dimensions of Ottoman foreign relations: from imperial subjecthood, diplomatic networks, Ottoman foreign lending, extraterritoriality and international law, through Pan-Islamism, and colonialism.
Guest editors:
Houssine Alloul (University of Amsterdam)
Darina Martykánová (Autonomous University of Madrid)
Contributors:
Faiz Ahmed (Brown University)
Aviv Derri (New York University)
İsmail Hakkı Kadı (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
Mostafa Minawi (Cornell University)
Tobias Völker (University of Hamburg)
Giampaolo Conte (Roma Tre University)