Spouse Selection and Marital Mobility in the Ottoman Empire: Observations from Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu

Ergene, Boğaç A.; Kaygun, Atabey

doi:10.1080/01615440.2011.624984

Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdiscipli

2012

DOI: 10.1080/01615440.2011.624984

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Spouse Selection and Marital Mobility in the Ottoman Empire: Observations from Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu

Boğaç A. Ergene

Atabey Kaygun

Abstract: Based on the information found in probate estate inventories, this article examines patterns of spousal preference and marital mobility in eighteenth-century Ottoman Kastamonu, located in northern Anatolia. For this purpose, we introduce quantitative techniques and categories of analysis specifically designed for Ottoman sources, primarily postmortem estate inventories (terekes), allowing us to measure how various socioeconomic groups established marital associations and to what extent they married other group… Show more

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Digital humanities and the history of working women: a cascade

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2014

The History of the Family

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In this introduction to the special issue on 'Women's work in changing labour markets', we argue that a combination of digital advances, notably the digitization of individualand contextual-level data, the creation of internationally comparable occupation-based classifications, and the development of statistical models allowing for contextually informed analysis, has brought us to the brink of new developments in the field of women's work. Census and vital registration data contain more information on occupations of women than previously thought, and when used in combination with other digitized sources they allow one to assess the possible under-registration of women's work, as illustrated by some of the contributions to this special issue. Other contributions show how standardizing occupation-based classifications allows for temporal and regional comparisons of women's work and makes it feasible to study how community or regional characteristics influence that work. None of these developments -large-scale digitization of individual-level data, standardization of occupational titles and measures of stratification, and contextually informed analysesis completely new; in some cases they are actually rooted in a venerable research tradition. However, in combination they might well constitute a cascade in the history of working women.

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Digital humanities and the history of working women: a cascade

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Loglinear Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility in Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Anatolia

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2014

Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient

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In this article we use loglinear techniques to examine intergenerational mobility pat terns in eighteenth-century Ottoman Kastamonu. The research is based on estate inventories (terekes) and involves an analysis of the honorific titles of fathers and sons. The article demonstrates how father-son title-sharing was structured across different socio-economic groups and reveals the possible avenues of intergenerational status mobility. In addition, the article identifies temporal shifts in mobility patterns: In the late eighteenth century, intergenerational transitions linking elite title-holders and the lower echelons of the society became weaker. Also, cross-establishment transitions involving elite military and religious title-holders became less likely.

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18. Yüzyil Teki̇rdağ’inda Si̇rozî Mustafa Ağa’nin Damadi Veli̇ Ve Kizi Hati̇ce Örneği̇nde Statü-Servet Edi̇ni̇mi̇nde Ai̇le Bağlarinin Rolü

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Cihannüma Tarih Ve Coğrafya Araştırmaları Dergisi

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Tekirdağ is a province that attracts attention with its port that transported the grains of the Thrace region to Istanbul. Most of the time, bostani hasekis were used as state agents in the business of shipping the grain to Istanbul. Although bostani hasekis were also used in the 18th century, the most important difference in this period was that they mostly came from wealthy families. One of them, Sirozi Mustafa Agha, was a dignitary who performed important jobs in the 18th century meeting the food needs of Istanbul. With his businesses, farms and foundations, Sirozi Mustafa Agha was well-known by the State and the people. He was renowned not only in Tekirdağ but also in Istanbul because he was married to Mustafa Pasha's granddaughter. This kinship and wealth enabled him to be appointed as a state agent for grain supply and as the Bostanji-Bashi of Edirne. However, since he did not have a son to entrust his wealth and status, his sons-in-law took over his responsibilities. He married one of his daughters to the only son of another dignitary from Tekirdağ, another to a haseki, who is also mentioned as a dignitary, and the other daughter Hatice to Veli, son of Habib Agha. Among the grooms, for Veli, in particular, Sirozi was the best example in terms of prestige, career and wealth. In fact, as a result of his marriage with Hatice, Veli was able to turn to one of the rich people of Tekirdağ and was appointed to continue his father-in-law's responsibilities over time. The present study focuses on Mustafa Agha's son-in-law Veli, who controlled some of his wealth, and his daughter Hatice, describing the spouses' inherited wealth and living standards, and the network of relationships forming around that wealth. The article aims to contribute to the understanding about the role of families in the status-wealth relationship of the 18th century on a micro scale and will contribute to the family history of Tekirdağ and set an example regarding the network of relations in the Ottoman society.

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Spouse Selection and Marital Mobility in the Ottoman Empire: Observations from Eighteenth-Century Kastamonu

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References 43 publications

Digital humanities and the history of working women: a cascade

Digital humanities and the history of working women: a cascade

Loglinear Analysis of Intergenerational Mobility in Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Anatolia

18. Yüzyil Teki̇rdağ’inda Si̇rozî Mustafa Ağa’nin Damadi Veli̇ Ve Kizi Hati̇ce Örneği̇nde Statü-Servet Edi̇ni̇mi̇nde Ai̇le Bağlarinin Rolü

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