The Voice-Over of Administration: Reading Ottoman Archives at the Risk of Ill-literacy

Although the Ottoman state has deservedly been considered a world of paper in itself, and an overflowing one at that, its protagonists also had reasons not to rely on written documents. Drawing on archives from the 19th-century Ottoman administration, and focusing on the province of Cyprus, the pres...

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Main Author: Marc Aymes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2007-12-01
Series:European Journal of Turkish Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejts/1333
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