Project Gutenberg 2025-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 622 Lybyer, Albert Howe 1876 1949 13007898 The government of the Ottoman Empire in the time of Suleiman the Magnificent $aCambridge :$bHarvard University press, $c1913. Harvard historical studies ... ; vol. XVIII. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_classical_Ottoman_Empire Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Government of the Ottoman Empire in the Time of Suleiman the Magnificent" by Albert Howe Lybyer is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work examines the structure, institutions, and underlying ideas that shaped the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century. Its main topic is the organization and evolution of the political and social systems that enabled the empire to achieve its remarkable cohesion and power, focusing especially on the interplay between tradition, religious law, and the administrative innovations introduced at the time. The opening of the book sets the stage by emphasizing that nations are primarily formed by their shared ideas rather than by blood or race, using the Ottoman Empire as a key example of this principle. Lybyer offers a sweeping historical background, tracing the origins and migrations of the Turks, the merging of diverse cultures, and the transformation of lands and peoples that culminated in the Ottoman state's unique identity. The early sections outline the central dilemma faced by the empire: governing a vast, diverse realm through two main institutions—the Ruling Institution, comprised mainly of Christian-born slaves elevated to positions of power, and the Moslem Institution, responsible for religion, law, and education. Lybyer clearly details these structures, their origins, recruitment methods (especially the devshirme system of taking Christian boys for state service), and the complexities of Ottoman administration, land ownership, and the empire's relationship with its many peoples. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/governmentofotto00lyby 20200220125146lybyer 1913 US Reading ease score: 59.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566 Turkey -- Politics and government DR Text Category: History - European Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious 1202570 2025-06-30T06:13:56.632475 text/html 1118157 2025-05-09T19:35:50 text/html 654841 2025-06-30T06:14:15.818344 application/epub+zip 659945 2025-06-30T06:14:00.360507 application/epub+zip 509557 2025-06-30T06:13:58.354425 application/epub+zip 1383518 2025-06-30T06:14:25.521351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1307888 2025-06-30T06:14:13.757373 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857309 2025-06-30T06:13:53.097467 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 837175 2025-05-09T19:35:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16726 2025-06-30T06:14:25.760305 application/rdf+xml 11703 2025-06-30T06:13:58.803418 image/jpeg 1743 2025-06-30T06:13:58.579435 image/jpeg 890099 2025-06-30T06:13:56.710468 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia