Overview

This study analyses the dynamics between the non-Muslim merchant elites of Ankara and Izmir (mostly Greeks and Armenians) and their European competitors in the eighteenth century. In particular, it investigates two major developments: the Dutch attempts to penetrate the mohair trade in Ankara and the local resistance they faced, and the Ottoman non-Muslim merchant’s infiltration of the Dutch Levant trade and the Dutch reaction to this form of Ottoman 'expansion'.

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Author:   Ismail Hakki Kadi ,  Ismail Hakki Kadi
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   50
Weight:   0.702kg
ISBN:  

9789004225176

ISBN 10:   900422517
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   25 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English, Turkish

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ........................................................................................... vii Abbreviations .................................................................................................... ix Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 PART ONE COUNTERING DUTCH COMMERCIAL EXPANSION IN NORTHWESTERN ANATOLIA 1. The Town of Ankara and its Mohair Industry ................................... 29 2. The Heyday and Interruption of the Dutch Mohair Trade ........... 65 3. European Recovery and Ottoman Opposition .................................. 98 Preliminary Conclusions ................................................................................ 132 PART TWO OTTOMAN COUNTER-EXPANSION 4. The Organization of the Dutch Levant Trade in the Eighteenth Century ....... 145 5. The Ottoman Penetration of Dutch Trading Networks ................. 170 6. Ottoman Merchants in Amsterdam ..................................................... 198 PART THREE ACCOMMODATING THE “UNUSUAL”: ADJUSTMENTS IN DUTCH AND OTTOMAN POLICIES 7. The Transformation of Dutch Trade Policies in the Levant: From Free Trade to “Faint” Protectionism ....... 237 8. Ottoman Polity: From Decision Making to Policy Making ........... 274 Conclusions ........................................................................................................ 311 Bibliography ...................................................................................................... 325 Index .................................................................................................................... 333

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İsmail H. Kadı, Ph.D. (2008), Leiden University, is Assistant Professor of Ottoman History at Istanbul Medeniyet University. He has published on Ottoman-Dutch relations as well as on the Ottoman Empire's relations with Southeast Asian Countries.

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