Bread from the Lion's Mouth

Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor in the Department of History at Istanbul Bilgi University. She has taught at Middle East Technical University, Ankara (1972-87) and served as a professor of Ottoman Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität in Munich, Germany (1988-2007).

“This book is an exciting and valuable contribution to the field of Ottoman history in general, and guild studies in particular. The editor’s sweeping introductory synthesis alone is an unparalleled round-up of the latest research…this introduction, and the following chapters, broach most if not all the “big questions” relating to the study of guilds and their history.”  ·  Pascale Ghazaleh, The American University in Cairo

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceTime lineMap (from Artisans of Empire)Introduction: Once again, Ottoman artisansPART I: ARTISANS OVER THE COURSE OF TIMEChapter 1. Tracing Esnāf in Late Fifteenth-Century Bursa Court Recordsİklil Erefe SelçukChapter 2. The Art of the Potter in Ottoman HungaryGeza David and Ibolya GerelyesChapter 3. Damascene Artisans around 1700Colette EstabletChapter 4. Mapping Istanbul’s Hammams of 1752 and their EmployeesNina ErginChapter 5. Surviving in Difficult Times: The Cotton and Silk Trades in Bursa around 1800Suraiya FaroqhiChapter 6. The Shoe Guilds of Istanbul in the Early Nineteenth Century: A Case StudyNalan TurnaPART II: INTRA-GUILD PROBLEMSChapter 7. Blurred Boundaries between Soldiers and Civilians: Artisan Janissaries in Seventeenth-century IstanbulGülay YılmazChapter 8. Rich Artisans and Poor Merchants? A Critical Look at the Supposed Egalitarianism in Ottoman GuildsEunjeong YiChapter 9. Gedik: What’s in a Name?Onur Yıldırım –  Seven AğırChapter 10. Punishment, Repression and Violence in the Marketplace: Istanbul, 1730-1840Engin Deniz AkarlıPART III: ARTISANS CONFRONTING THE MODERNIZING STATEChapter 11. Some observations on Istanbul’s artisans during the reign of Selim III (1789-1808)Betül Başaran and Cengiz KırlıChapter 12. Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Protest, the State, and the End of the Guilds in EgyptJohn ChalcraftGlossaryContributorsBibliographyIndex