An Empire at Stake, or: how to Re-establish Order when the World is in Disarray. Divergent Narratives of the 1687–1689 Crisis

Konrad, Felix (2019). An Empire at Stake, or: how to Re-establish Order when the World is in Disarray. Divergent Narratives of the 1687–1689 Crisis. Turcica, 50, pp. 383-415. Peeters 10.2143/TURC.50.0.3286581

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Following its defeat at the second siege of Vienna, the Ottoman Empire entered a period of internal crisis. Sultan Mehmed IV was deposed in a mutiny; rebellious troops wreaked havoc in Istanbul, leading to an uprising of the townspeople, while marauding mercenaries caused unrest in the provinces. Ottoman chroniclers of these years agree that there was unprecedented disarray; but they differ in their representations of events and those involved in them. This article compares four chronicles and explains the divergences and similarities between them by using as a framework advice literature (nasihatname) in which Ottoman perceptions of order and disorder were shaped. It shows that the chroniclers’ representations of low-status insurgents are largely uniform. On the other hand, even when they used the same standards to evaluate their behavior, they produced divergent representations of the viziers who played a role in the crisis.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institut für Studien zum Nahen Osten und zu muslimischen Gesellschaften
UniBE Contributor:	Konrad, Felix
Subjects:	200 Religion > 290 Other religions 800 Literature, rhetoric & criticism > 890 Other literatures 900 History > 940 History of Europe 900 History > 950 History of Asia
ISSN:	0082-6847
Publisher:	Peeters
Funders:	[42] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds
Language:	English
Submitter:	Felix Konrad
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2019 16:27
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:33
Publisher DOI:	10.2143/TURC.50.0.3286581
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/136315