TY - BOOK AU - Köprülü,Mehmet Fuat AU - Leiser,Gary ED - Türk Tarih Kurumu. TI - Some observations on the influence of Byzantine institutions on Ottoman institutions T2 - Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları SN - 975161127X AV - JQ1805 .K6713 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Ankara PB - Türk Tarih Kurumu KW - Titles of honor and nobility KW - Byzantine Empire KW - Turkey N1 - English translation from Turkish; At head of title: Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu; "Osmanlı Devleti'nin 700. kuruluş yıl dönümü."; Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-190) and index; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; I. Mehmed Fuad Köprülü and His Work; II. Köprülü's Work on Byzantine and Ottoman Institutions; III. Translator's Note; SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF BYZANTİNE INSTİTUTİONS ON OTTOMAN INSTİTUTİONS; I. Opinions about Byzantine Influence on Ottoman Institutions; II. The Arguments Used by Those Who Accept This Influence and Their Errors; III. Hovv and YVhere One Must Look for the Origins of Ottoman Institutions; IV. The Origin of Various Institutions Which are Alleged to Have Passed from Byzantium to the Ottomans and the Historical Stages Through Which They Passed until the Conquest of Constantinople; A. The Grand Vizirate; B. The Dual Beylerbeylik; C. The Kâdiaskerlik; D. The Reisülküttâb and Nişancı; E. The Defterdarlık; F. The Kaptanpaşalık; G. The Chief Eunuchs; H. Çavuşes; I. The Tax System; J. The Timar System; K. The Organization of the Army; L. Concepts of Empire and Sovereignty; M. The Question of the Crescent; N. Other Administrative Institutions; 1. The Bureaucracy; 2. The Use of Greek in State Correspondence; 3. Administrative Divisions and the Şehremaneti; O. Customs of the Palace; 1. Distributing Gratuities upon Accession to the Throne; 2. The Custom of Applause; 3. Public Amusements and Banquets; 4. Fetihnâmes; 5. The Custom of Giving a Robe of Honor; 6. Methods of Humiliating Someone; 7. The Words "Alay" and "Efendi"; P. Byzantine Influence on Material Civilization and Economic Life; V. The Conclusions Reached from This Study; VI. Byzantine Reiations with the Müslim Turkish World before the Ottomans and Some Observations on Their Mutual Influence on Each Other; POSTSCRIPT; BIBLIOGRAPHY ER -