The Ottomans by Marc David Baer

Author:Marc David Baer [DAVID BAER, MARC]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2021-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

Justice was embodied in dynastic secular law that was harmonised with Islamic law. Justice legitimised Ottoman rule. Considering the ideas of Ibn Khaldun and Kınalızade, the practical-minded Naima advocated remedies for regenerating the empire. They included the balancing of expenses and income, ending the practice of delaying payments to salaried officials, making all military corps full strength, giving military security to peasants, and making the land prosperous. The final recommendation was that the sultan should be cheerful, which would create affection, causing all to be loyal to him. The greatest good, Naima argued, was having a strong sultan.

We have heard this before. Again and again, intellectuals had argued that all that was needed to right the wrongs they perceived was the rise to power of a decisive, manly, gazi sultan. But Osman II tried to be this, and he was deposed and killed. Would the return of a warrior-sultan be enough? Was it too late to reverse the socioeconomic changes the intellectuals such as Mustafa Ali so despised? Who would dare aim to make the sultanate once more the centre of Ottoman power? Osman II would not be the last such attempt at imperial relevance by a sultan gazi.

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