Depicting the other : Qizilbash image in the 16th century Ottoman historiography

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buir.advisorKireçci, M. Akif
dc.contributor.authorArslantaş, Yasin
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-08T18:22:40Z
dc.date.available2016-01-08T18:22:40Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.descriptionAnkara : The Department of History, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2013.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the early roots of the Ottoman perception of Qizilbash, both the Safavids, rising as a new power in Iran at the turn of the 16th century, and their Turcoman collaborators in Anatolia. The previous literature showing the image of the Qizilbash in the eyes of Ottoman dynasty employed mostly archival sources, such as fatwa collections and mühimme registers. In contrast, by focusing on the historiographical narrations of the years of 1509–1514, the present study looks at the literary works of 16th century chroniclers, particularly Selimnâme literature, and their role in building the Ottoman religio-political discourse on the Qizilbash with an attempt at showing their propagandist (or Selimist) nature. The present study argues that this discourse helped the dynasty to justify the act of war against them. After giving a brief background of the early Ottoman history with an emphasis on the shifting position of nomadic-tribal Turcomans, the study probes how a chosen sample of Ottoman histories from the 16th century depicted the Qizilbash image and iv how they identified the “self” through depiction of the “other.” This thesis argues that religio-political discourses created in the 16th century led the Ottoman state to espouse a more Sunni-minded imperial ideology, and to identify the social and religious status of the Qizilbash.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
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dc.description.statementofresponsibilityArslantaş, Yasinen_US
dc.format.extentxi, 160 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidB128214
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/15661
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectQizilbashen_US
dc.subjectSafaviden_US
dc.subjectTurcomanen_US
dc.subjectOttoman historiographyen_US
dc.subjectchronicleen_US
dc.subjectSelimnâmeen_US
dc.subjectselfen_US
dc.subjectotheren_US
dc.subjectimageen_US
dc.subjectidentity constructionen_US
dc.subject.lccDS292 .A77 2013en_US
dc.subject.lcshSafavids.en_US
dc.subject.lcshShiites.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTurkmen--Turkey--History.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTribes--Turkey--History.en_US
dc.titleDepicting the other : Qizilbash image in the 16th century Ottoman historiographyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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