Contents
List of plates / XI
Acknowledgements / XIII
Preface / XV
Abbreviations / XVII
Introduction
I. Evliya Çelebi and his Seyahatname, by M. Van Bruinessen / 3
I. a Evliya's life and travels / 3
I. b Manuscripts and editions of the Seyahatname / 5
I. c Evliya's method of writing / 8
II. The Ottoman conquest of Diyarbekir and the administrative organisation of the province into the 16th and 17th centuries, by M. Van Bruinessen / 13
II. a Molla Idris Bitlisi and the incorporation of Diyarbekir in the Ottoman Empire / 14
II. b The administrative division of Diyarbekir and the privileges of the Kurdish rulers / 16
II. c The autonomous sancaqs in the 17th century / 22
II. d The position of the nomadic tribes in the administrative system / 27
III. The population of Diyarbekir: ethnic composition and other demographic data, by M. Van bruinessen / 29
III. a The various linguistic and religious groups living in Diyarbekir / 29
III. b Population statistics / 32
III. b. 1 The city / 32
III. b. 2 The province / 33
III. b. 3 The nomads / 35
IV. Economic life in Diyarbekir in the 17th century, by M. Van Bruinessen / 36
IV. a The decline of the long-distance trade / 36
IV. b Agriculture as the basis of Diyarbekir's economy / 38
IV. c Animal husbandry / 41
IV. d Crafts practised in the city / 42
V. Religious life in Diyarbekir: Islamic learning and the role of the tariqats, by M. Van Bruinessen / 45
V. a The medreses of Diyarbekir / 45
V. b The place of the Hanafi and Shafi'i madhhabs in Diyarbekir / 48
V. c The tarikats in Diyarbekir / 49
VI. The physical aspects of the city, by M. Kiel / 53
VI. a Evliya's review of Diyarbekir's architecture / 53
VI. b Mosques mentioned and not mentioned / 56
VI. c The Great Mosque / 57
VI. d Hans and caravanserais / 59
VI. e Baths / 60
VI. f The value of Evliya's acnmnt as a source for the history of art and urban development / 62
VII. On Evliya's style, by H. Lamers / 64
VII. a The "Indian Style" (sabq-i Hindi) / 64
VII. b Evliya's paragraph headings / 66
VII. c Stylistic embellishments and figures of speech / 67
VII. d Colloquial and dialect elements in Evliya's language / 69
VIII. Evliya' s spelling and our transliteration by H. Boeschoten / 71
VIII. a Peculiarities of Evliya's spelling / 71
VIII. b Our system of transliteration / 72
VIII. c The transliteration rules / 73
VIII. d Evliya' s misspellings / 78
IX. The Seyahatname as a source for linguistic investigation, by H. Boeschoten / 81
IX. a Our general approach / 81
IX. b Closed -ê- /84
IX. c Labial vowel harmony / 87
IX. d Consonant changes / 98
IX. e Evliya's barbarisms / 99
IX. f Evliya's sample of the Diyarbekir dialect / 100
Evliya's•description of Diyarbekir
Context of the sections published / 107
List of contents / 109
Transliteration / 112
Translation / 113
Appendix: Two poems on Divarbekir / 198
Bibliography / 232
Index of personal names / 242
Index of geographical names / 251
Index of names of tribes and peoples / 256
Index of religions, sects and tariqats / 25 7
Word index and glossary / 258
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