Notes to the Preface
1. Alan Duben and Cem Behar Istanbul Households—Marriage, Family and Fertility: 1880–1940, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 2. Edhem Eldem…
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List of Muhtars
1830(?)–1846 Aziz Mahmud Efendi (Muhtar-ı sânî : 1832-1833 Mustafa a™a ca. 1846 Kömürcü Abdullah A™a) 1865–1883 ƒsmail bey (Muhtar-ı sânî:…
List of Imams of the Kasap ƒlyas Mosqe
1662–1667 Mustafa Efendi, imam. 1737–1747 Ibrahim Efendi, imam. 1760–1761 Mustafa Efendi, imam. 1782 Hacı Hâfız Mahmud Efendi, imam. 1784–1799 Hacı…
Somebody to Lean On
Large numbers of people came to the muhtar to get his signature, approval, or his testimonial; to conclude a private…
Help and Control
Among the entries in Osman efendi’s notebooks those that were compulsory records were only a small minority. Our muhtar was…