The Sultan and His People

About this eBook

Author

Oscanyan, C. (Christopher), 1818-1895

Credits

Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DR: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Balkan Peninsula, Turkey

Subject

Turkey -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54757

Release Date

May 21, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
4. 4.ORIGIN AND HISTORY.
5. 5.RELIGION. — IMAN OR FAITH.
6. 6.SECTARIANISM. — HOWLING DERVISHES.
7. 7.DIN OR PRACTICE OF RELIGION.
8. 8.PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA.
9. 9.PRINCIPLES OF THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT.
10. 10.THE ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT.
11. 11.THE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
12. 12.HISTORY OF THE JANISSARIES.
13. 13.SPIRITUAL BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT.
14. 14.REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
15. 15.ARMY AND NAVY.
16. 16.COMMERCE.
17. 17.JURISPRUDENCE.
18. 18.EDUCATION.
19. 19.MEDICINE.
20. 20.WESTERN PREJUDICES, AND EASTERN TOLERATION.
21. 21.THE SULTAN AND HIS PERSONNEL.
22. 22.PUBLIC DUTIES OF THE SULTAN.
23. 23.ROMANCE OF THE EAST.
24. 24.THE HAREM.
25. 25.CONDITION OF WOMEN.
26. 26.PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND COSTUME.
27. 27.DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS.
28. 28.SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
29. 29.POLYGAMY.
30. 30.MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. — DIVORCE.
31. 31.THE SULTAN’S HAREM.
32. 32.CIRCASSIAN SLAVES.
33. 33.WATERING PLACES.
34. 34.THE BAZAARS.
35. 35.KAHVÉS.
36. 36.HAMAM, OR BATH.
37. 37.THE ARMENIANS.
38. 38.THE GREEKS.
39. 39.THE JEWS.
40. 40.PERA AND THE PEROTES, OR FRANKS.
41. 41.THE ARISTOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE.
42. 42.THE FUTURE OF TURKEY.
43. 43.THE TANZIMAT.
44. 44.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Catalog entries — Encoding — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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