Acknowledgments?vii
List of Figures?ix
Abbreviations?x
Introduction?1
1 Social and Legal Order in the Eighteenth Century?25
Justice, Imperial Public Order, and Ottoman Politico-Judicial
Authority?34
Oligarchic Rule and Local Notables in the Eighteenth Century?50
The Kanun as Legal Practice in the Eighteenth Century?55
2 Petitioning and Intervention: A Question of Power?72
The Imperial Council and Petitions as a Reflection of Imperial Law in
Legal Practice?74
Petitionary (Ahkam) Registers and Socio-legal Surveillance?86
Reporting Sexual Violence?94
Actors, Strategies, and Rhetoric?104
Petitions as a Mirror of Local Cleavages?112
3 Banditry, Sexual Violence, and Honor?127
Sexual Violence as a Sign of “Habituation” to Violence?129
Sexual Violence, Honor, and the Imperial State?140
4 The Repertoire of Sexual Crimes in the Courts?155
Why fi?l-i ?eni? (Indecent Act), but Not zina?156
Other Expressions Used in the Registers to Describe Sexual
Assaults?179
5 The Penal Order of Eighteenth-century Anatolia?185
The Enigma of Crimes and Punishment in the Court Records?185
Social and Institutional Limits to the Authority of Local Judges?190
Under Whose Discretion was Sexual and Moral Order??212
In Lieu of Conclusion: Silence and Outcry in the Records?242
Conclusion?245
Bibliography?253
Index?277