Crime and punishment in the imperial historiography of Süleyman the magnificent: An evaluation of Nişanci Celālzāde's view

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dc.citation.epage445en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber4en_US
dc.citation.spage427en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber60en_US
dc.contributor.authorYılmaz, M. Ş.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:11:57Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:11:57Z
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Historyen_US
dc.description.abstractCelālzāde Mustafa Çelebi’s Tabakātu’ l-Memālik ve Derecātu’ l-Mesālik is one of the invaluable primary sources dealing with the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent (1520–1566). Its author, Celālzāde Mustafa (d. 1567), was a distinguished Nişancı (head of the imperial chancery), who is credited with the codification of Ottoman laws under Süleyman the Magnificent. Celālzāde was the main official responsible for the “true” representation of the Ottoman sultan for over 35 years during his long career in the sultan’s service. This paper aims to demonstrate that an official definition of justice was articulated and propagated in the Tabakāt in order to meet the contemporary requirements of the Ottoman administration, i.e. a powerful central authority. With this definition, Celālzāde aimed to demonstrate that the provision of justice could only be ensured by the absolute rule of the sultan. Celālzāde’s formulation differed from the conceptualisation of justice as the observance of traditional laws and social order, which implied limits on sultanic absolutism. Although Celālzāde’s formulation did not exclude the traditional conceptualisation of justice, the observance of laws was regarded as a responsibility of state officials instead of the sultan.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1556/AOrient.60.2007.4.3en_US
dc.identifier.issn0001-6446
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/23317
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherAkadémiai Kiadóen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1556/AOrient.60.2007.4.3en_US
dc.source.titleActa Orientaliaen_US
dc.subjectÖrfen_US
dc.subjectAbsolute ruleen_US
dc.subjectCelālzāde Mustafaen_US
dc.subjectIslamic lawen_US
dc.subjectOttoman administrationen_US
dc.subjectŞeri'aten_US
dc.subjectSiyaseten_US
dc.subjectSüleyman the Magnificenten_US
dc.titleCrime and punishment in the imperial historiography of Süleyman the magnificent: An evaluation of Nişanci Celālzāde's viewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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