Volume 3 of The Cambridge History of Turkey traces the history of the later Ottoman Empire from the death of Mehmed III in 1603 to the proclamation of the tanzimat in 1839. Contributors emphasise the political, cultural and artistic accomplishments of the Ottomans in the post-classical period. List of illustrations x List of maps xi List of tables xii List of contributors xiii A note on transliteration xvi Chronology xvii PART I BACKGROUND 1 Introduction 3 SURAIYA N. FAROQHI 2 Ecology of the Ottoman lands 18 WOLF-DIETER H TEROTH 3 Political and diplomatic developments 44 CHRISTOPH K. NEUMANN PART II AN EMPIRE IN TRANSITION 4 Political culture and the great households 65 CARTER VAUGHN FINDLEY 5 War and peace 81 VIRGINIA AKSAN 6 Public finances: the role of the Ottoman centre 118 LINDA T. DARLING PART III THE CENTRE AND THE PROVINCES 7 The Ottoman centre versus provincial power-holders: an analysis of the historiography 135 DINA RIZK KHOURY 8 Semi-autonomous forces in the Balkans and Anatolia 157 FIKRET ADANIR 9 Semi-autonomous forces in the Arab provinces 186 BRUCE MASTERS PART IV SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL GROUPS 10 The Ottoman ulema 209 MADELINE C. ZILFI 11 Muslim women in the early modern era 226 MADELINE C. ZILFI 12 The Ottoman Jews 256 MINNA ROZEN 13 Christians in a changing world 272 BRUCE MASTERS PART V MAKING A LIVING 14 Capitulations and Western trade 283 EDHEM ELDEM 15 Guildsmen and handicraft producers 336 SURAIYA N. FAROQHI 16 Declines and revivals in textile production 356 SURAIYA N. FAROQHI 17 Rural life 376 SURAIYA N. FAROQHI PART VI CULTURE AND THE ARTS 18 The Ottoman musical tradition 393 CEM BEHAR 19 Arts and architecture 408 T AY ARTAN 20 Ottoman literature 481 HATICE AYNUR Glossary 521 Bibliography 529 Index 578