Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Turkish Historical Review
Abstract
Ottoman historians lost interest in timars a generation ago due to simultaneous intellectual and political crises, namely methodological skepticism and the end of the cold war. The archival methodology used in timar research was subjected to withering critique, and the underlying motivation for the research, land reform in East-Central Europe and Turkey, was dissipated. Renewed scholarly interest in the timar institution is driven by awareness of transnational themes, efforts to theorize complexity, and the value of transparency and self-consciousness in research agendas.
First Page
119
Last Page
144
DOI
10.1163/18775462-00802002
Publication Date
1-1-2017
Recommended Citation
Howard, Douglas A., "Why timars? Why now? Ottoman timars in the light of recent historiography" (2017). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 226.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/226