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Mahalle Topography: Boundaries and Landmerks
To determine the precise boundaries of the sixteenth-century Kasap ƒlyas mahalle is an attempt both vain and impossible. The mahalles—or,…
Endowments, Donations, and Foundation Aims
The specifications of the sixteenth-century Kasap ƒlyas vakıfs list the broad range of endowments that were set up by the…
Local Identity: The Formative Sixteenth Century
Less than a century after the conquest, Kasap ƒlyas had already acquired the location that it still occupies within the…
The Contours of a Local Identity
It was a chilly November day of the year 1494 (Safer 900 a.h.). ƒlyas slowly climbed the steep hill toward…