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050 00 $aHQ449$b.H37 2018
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100 1 $aHathaway, Jane,$d1962-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe chief eunuch of the Ottoman harem :$bfrom African slave to power-broker /$cJane Hathaway.
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom ;$aNew York, NY :$bCambridge University Press,$c2018.
264 4 $c©2018
300 $axvi, 323 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Eunuchs were a common feature of pre- and early modern societies that are now poorly understood. Here, Jane Hathaway offers an in-depth study of the chief of the African eunuchs who guarded the harem of the Ottoman Empire. A wide range of primary sources are used to analyse the Chief Eunuch's origins in East Africa and his political, economic, and religious role from the inception of his office in the late sixteenth century through the dismantling of the palace harem in the early twentieth century. Hathaway highlights the origins of the institution and how the role of eunuchs developed in East Africa, as well as exploring the Chief Eunuch's connections to Egypt and Medina. By tracing the evolution of the office, we see how the Chief Eunuch's functions changed in response to transformations in Ottoman society, from the generalized crisis of the seventeenth century to the westernizing reforms of the nineteenth century"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroducing the Chief Harem Eunuch -- The African connection -- Arrangement in black and white : eunuchs in the Ottoman palace -- The creation of the office of Chief Harem Eunuch and the career of Habeshi Mehmed Agha -- The crisis years of the seventeenth century -- Yusuf Agha and the Koprulu reforms -- A new paradigm : El-Hajj Beshir Agha and his successors -- Exile and the kingdom : the Chief Harem Eunuch and Egypt -- The Chief Harem Eunuch and Ottoman religious and intellectual life -- Reformed out of existence : the denouement of the Chief Harem Eunuch -- Memorializing the Chief Harem Eunuch.
650 0 $aEunuchs$zTurkey$xHistory.
650 0 $aEast Africans$zTurkey$xHistory.
650 0 $aHarems$zTurkey$xHistory.
651 0 $aTurkey$xHistory$yOttoman Empire, 1288-1918.
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650 7 $aEunuchs.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00916500
650 7 $aHarems.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01430470
651 7 $aTurkey.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01208963
648 7 $a1288-1918$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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