| ID | 175801 |
| Title Proper | Reconsidering Local versus Central |
| Other Title Information | Empire, Notables, and Employment in Ottoman Albania and Kurdistan, 1835–1878 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bayraktar, Uğur |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The present article is a study of provincial administration in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Albania and Kurdistan. It examines the transformation of provincial administration in Dibra and Hazro after two towns’ hereditary rulers were exiled. Focusing on the employment patterns of the notables in exile as well as the ones who occupied the posts in the absence of the former, this study challenges the binary framework mostly employed in conceptualizing the making of the modern Ottoman state. Particularly, the employment of the notables exiled to the distant parts of the empire necessitates a revision in the presumptions about the origins of appointed Ottoman officials. By focusing on the partnership operating by means of employment, this study argues that the making of Ottoman state follows a trajectory of flexible centralization based on the partnership between the government and notables, terms of which were constantly negotiated. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Middle East Studies Vol. 52, No.4; Nov 2020: p.685 - 701 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Middle East Studies 2020-11 52, 4 |
| Key Words | Ottoman Empire ; Tanzimat ; Provincial Administration ; Province ; Notables |