Coping with “the Riff-Raff and Mob”: Representations of Order and Disorder in the Patrona Halil Rebellion (1730)


In 1730, the so-called ‘Patrona Halil rebellion’ resulted in the abdication of Sultan Aḥmed III (r. 1703–1730) and in the execution of his long-serving Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Dāmād İbrāhīm Paşa (r. 1718–1730). This article addresses the question of how contemporary Ottoman chroniclers came to terms...

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Main Author: Konrad, Felix (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Die Welt des Islams
Year: 2014, Volume: 54, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 363-398
Further subjects:B Ottoman Empire
 18th century
 rebellion
 historiographical representations
 Ottoman elite
 urban lower strata
 social order
 political negotiation
 violation of norms

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