Table of Contents

Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction: The Content and Form of This Study PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. The Plot 2. The Formation and Study of Ottoman Historiography 3. An Interpretive Framework PART II: HISTORIOGRAPHY 4. Tubi's Representation of the Haile-i Osmaniye: The Perspective of the Imperial Army 5. The Formation of Alternative Narratives: Hasanbeyzade and Pecevi 6. The Conception of the State Narrative PART III: THE STATE 7. The Early Modern Ottoman State: History and Theory 8. The Ottoman State as a Discursively Contested Field Epilogue: Poetics of Ottoman Historiography: Preliminary Notes Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Gabriel Piterberg is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.