The making of an Ottoman (1541-63/948-70) -- The poet at the gates (1563-77/970-84) -- To the East (1577-82/984-90) -- Toward the millennium: war, apocalypse, and history (1583-92/991-1000) -- The final years (1592-1600/1000-1008) -- Kanun-Consciousness in the sixteenth century -- Ali on the Ottoman career paths -- Bureaucracy and bureaucratic consciousness -- Ottoman historical writing in the sixteenth century -- Muslim and Ottoman -- The Turkic and Mongol heritage -- The Reign of Murad III
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-344) and index