From the palace to the localities, from the military to the religion, behind the political ecology formed under long-term autocracy, how did the Ottoman Empire, which originated from nomadic tribes, obtain institutional tension that was compatible with its vast territory? How to maintain the effectiveness of the system that relies on long-term rule? How is it hidden in it the root cause that has made it difficult to recover?
This book provides an overview of the unique institutional system created by the Ottoman Empire to govern its vast territory, and explores the empire's creativity in institutional construction in addition to its deep palaces, bloody political conspiracies, and single military expansion. As the first domestic research work on the political system of the Ottoman Empire, this book draws on a large amount of original materials to sort out the institutional structure and evolution of the empire from its peak to its collapse, interpret the gains and losses of Ottoman political rule, and explore the internal logic of the rise and fall of the empire.
