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by Amila Buturovic


  342–5, 347–9, 351, 353–4

  144–6, 149–50, 243–4, 260, 268,

  First World War 137

  280–2, 285, 305

  folk 5–6, 26, 56, 76–9, 87–8, 191,

  army 47–8

  241, 307, 309–12, 314, 326–30

  female beauty 27

  art 320

  community 54, 243

  artifact 78

  Greekness 6, 40

  ballad 78, 98

  historical 46

  beliefs 6, 50

  invasion of Asia Minor 48

  genres 77, 332

  language 50, 203

  lyrics 79

  and Macedonia 127

  poetry 5, 56, 309-12, 322, 324, 326,

  and the Pontus 5–6, 45–6, 48, 52,

  328, 330

  55, 66, 68

  songs 50, 309

  population 48–9, 137

  tale 4, 8, 46, 50–70

  westernization 25–7

  wisdom 87–8

  women 6, 13, 21, 24–7, 43, 45, 265,

  folklore 50, 69–71, 163, 180, 234,

  286

  240, 278, 331

  Guardianship 119, 177

  folklorist 45, 50, 56, 78, 234

  France 4, 22, 26, 34–5, 41–2, 44, 202,

  Habsburg 307-8, 327

  220–1, 264, 275, 303

  hadīth 100

  French culture 5

  Hanafi 7, 190, 196, 245, 252, 338–40,

  342-56, 359

  gender

  rulings 344

  codes 79

  school 7, 245, 252, 338–9, 344, 348,

  norms 76, 88

  352, 355

  and otherness 311

  harem 12–25, 32, 41, 221, 278,

  relations 3, 5–6, 14, 71, 73, 75–6,

  281–4, 286, 289, 297, 303, 313,

  82, 88, 135–6, 151, 192

  330

  roles 8, 86, 296, 337, 341–2, 350

  literature 17, 19

  stereotypes 277

  women 13, 14, 16–7, 24, 28, 36, 39,

  genre 16, 70–1, 73, 76–81, 97–8, 158,

  43, 299, 334

  370

  Women in the ottoman Balkans

  harem continued

  elitism 79

  see also seraglio, sérail

  intercourse 168, 243, 245, 254–7

  haseki 23

  see also zina

  Hellene 25, 27, 40, 46, 127, 139, 203,

  Islam

  267

  court 7, 100, 340–1, 352

  Hellenism 21, 40,

  Islamization 2, 262

  Hellenization 24, 37

  law 4, 84, 99, 244–9, 251–5, 335,

  hero 17, 51, 53–5, 86–7, 92, 231

  338, 345

  heroine 5, 11, 15-6, 21, 26, 52-4,

  literature 78, 357

  60, 69, 87

  values 73, 80

  tragic 86

  Istanbul 12, 21–4, 27, 29, 32, 35, 37,

  hetaerai 25

  41, 43–4, 162, 164, 178, 202–3,

  houri 20, 35

  206, 209, 229, 244, 246, 259, 279,

  Hugo, Victor 8, 273, 282–3, 299, 302

  290–1

  hul 160, 171–2, 177, 200, 245,

  Italy 27, 57, 332

  248–50, 252, 271

  İzmir, Smyrna 47

  see also divorce

  jealousy 14–6, 32, 62, 355

  Iberian peninsula 127

  Jews 2, 127–42

  identity 4, 6–7, 12–3, 16, 20–7, 95–7,

  judicial 7, 87, 125, 153–4, 165, 176,

  120, 128, 201–2, 205, 252, 267,

  191–6, 198, 248, 250, 259–60,

  274, 329

  267, 270, 352, 359

  collective 2, 49, 141–2

  disputes 154

  ethnic 48, 274

  documents 154, 260

  national 1, 4, 303, 308–9

  system 250, 259

  political 134

  treatment 7, 153

  religious 49

  judge 6–7, 19, 31–2, 115, 153–4, 163,

  secular 221

  167, 169, 172, 186, 205, 244–5,

  symbolic 298

  250–1, 256–7, 262, 335, 342–8,

  imam 102, 107, 112–3, 122, 124, 157,

  351–2, 354–6

  170, 184, 345, 348, 358

  see also kadı, qādī

  Imera 47, 54–62, 64, 66, 69–71

  jurisprudence 203, 246, 268, 270,

  independence 8, 46, 133, 204, 230,

  340–1, 348, 359

  268

  Byzantine 246

  Balkan 273, 295–6, 308–9

  Romanian 203

  female 31, 34, 40

  Greek 273, 280, 285

  kadı, qādī 101, 153–4, 156–7, 159–

  India 55, 57, 325

  66, 168–71, 173, 175–6, 178–9,

  individuality 14

  181–2, 243–6, 249–50, 253, 255,

  industrialization 127, 139, 141, 203

  338, 347

  inheritance 158, 170, 175–6, 180–3,

  records 154, 175–6, 190, 195, 346

  187, 189, 198, 205, 246, 252

  see also sicil, sijill

  intellectual 21, 40, 46, 79, 203, 226,

  kazf 256

  339, 343, 353, 359

  see also sex/offence

  index

  371

  kebin 246–7, 256, 259

  182, 244–5, 342, 350

  see also mut’a

  legal 155–7, 159, 161, 163–71, 173,

  see also marriage/temporary

  176, 180, 244–52, 254, 256,

  kolo 80

  259, 326, 337–8, 342, 344,

  see also dance

  347–8, 350

  Kosovo 1–2

  mixed 140, 179–80, 246, 249, 253,

  Kotyora 47, 51, 54, 56–7, 59, 66

  324, 326

  Kurds 52, 292, 293

  patriarchal 175, 342

  second 158, 163, 248–9

  labor 7, 8, 130, 141, 174, 236.

  temporary 246–8, 256

  Lausanne Convention 47

  see also kebin

  law 3, 4, 6, 8, 22, 45, 55, 62–5, 67,

  see also mut’a

  74–7, 82, 85–6

  see also nikâh

  canon 155, 170, 182, 247, 252

  martyrdom 85–6

  customary 154, 155, 162, 170, 172,

  masjid see mescid

  182, 244, 246, 250, 252–3, 257

  Medea 26

  Islamic 4, 84, 99, 101, 153, 154,

  Mediterranean 26, 86, 308, 311, 314,

  244–9, 251–5, 259, 326, 335,

  321, 325, 328

  337–41, 343, 345–6, 348

  Mehmed Paşa, Sokolović/Sokollu 118

  schools of 7, 179, 245, 252, 255,

  mehr, mahr 156–61, 169–72, 175,

  334–51

  179, 245–6, 249, 347–50, 356

  see also Shari‘a

  see also nuptial gift

  Laz 52

  melancholy 79, 319

  Lefebvre, Henri 128, 134, 139

  mescid, masjid 101–4, 106–10, 112,

  liturgy 80

  114, 116, 118, 177

  see also mosque

  Macedonia 127, 137, 247, 258, 287,

  Middle East 21, 45–6, 50, 52–3, 55,

  289–90, 293, 295, 297

  66, 208–9

  Bulgars 289

  millet 2, 45, 193

  revolutionaries 287, 290, 293–4

  modernization 127

  insurrection 280, 287

  Moldavia 202–7, 209–11, 214, 217–8,

  virgins 291

  221

  Madrid 27

  monarchy 49, 204, 307–8, 327

  magic 12, 26, 30, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61–2,

  Mongols 24
/>   64, 66, 234–6, 324

  monogamy 13, 30–1, 158, 179

  mahr see mehr

  morality 18, 53, 57, 66, 82, 209, 216,

  Majnun and Layla 74

  258

  manhood 55, 277

  mosque 4, 105, 107–108, 110,

  marriage 11, 31, 45, 55, 57, 64–5,

  113–14, 347

  73–4, 129, 133, 153, 179–82,

  see also mescid, masjid

  258–9, 279, 317–9, 322, 350–1

  Moses 57

  against one’s will 86, 162

  mother 22–3, 29, 65, 86, 129, 138,

  arranged 85, 140, 328

  243, 251, 294

  institution of 154, 155, 161, 171,

  authority 23, 86, 317, 328

  372

  Women in the ottoman Balkans

  mother continued

  literature 78, 79, 314

  functions 86

  recitation 76

  tongue 49

  tradition 100

  mufti 7, 254, 335, 337–41, 346–8

  transmission 77

  music 20, 29, 80

  orient 14–6, 21, 28, 206, 209, 217–8,

  mut’a 246, 261

  289, 290, 295

  see also kebin

  background 22

  see also marriage/temporary

  clothes 13, 209–10, 212–3, 220–1

  despotism 273, 281–2

  nafaka, nafaqa 160, 179, 245, 249,

  discourse 21

  335

  dress 201, 211, 214–5

  see also allowance

  heritage 33

  narrative 13, 21, 23, 45–6, 51–4, 56,

  love 15, 20

  64–7, 73, 75–8, 81, 84–8, 127,

  motifs 8, 324

  180, 220, 277, 283–4, 290, 296,

  painters 209

  324

  romance 14, 26

  nation 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 29, 137, 209, 274,

  otherness 25

  277, 279, 287, 295–6, 308–9

  tales 16

  awareness 202, 308

  setting 23, 27, 293, 315

  conflict 4, 7, 273–4, 279, 287, 295

  sexuality 273

  consciousness 1, 16, 128, 307, 308

  society 214

  culture 5, 7

  women 13–4, 17–8, 21–2

  dance 211

  Orthodox

  group 128

  bishop 168

  ideal 49

  canon law 182

  ideology 48

  church 7, 154, 155, 162, 165, 178,

  independence 204, 296

  246, 248, 259, 291

  nationalism

  clergy 216, 246

  sexuality 290

  communities 45, 46, 47, 49, 153–5,

  Hellenic 127

  167, 244, 246, 248, 252–3, 258

  romantic 307

  ecclesiastical courts 245

  Turkish 127

  faith 216, 244

  nikâh 156–157, 162–4, 168, 170, 248,

  identity 221

  350

  institutions 165, 181

  see also marriage

  priest 167, 217, 291

  nostalgia 45

  saint 23

  nuptial 91, 155, 157, 167–8

  Osman Paşa, Gazi 335

  contract 156–7, 169, 172, 175

  gift 347, 350

  pagan 26, 179, 216

  see also mehr, mahr

  parakath’ 51–2

  pasha 12, 21, 24, 29, 52, 102, 109,

  Odysseus 26, 139

  194, 220

  Omar 255, 256

  Patriarchate of Constantinople 203,

  oral 3, 76, 79, 169

  244

  index

  373

  patriarchy 5, 87, 134, 174, 175, 176,

  259, 325–9, 336

  182, 248, 316–7, 328

  minorities 52

  morality 82

  music 80, 81

  norms 73, 80

  rituals 102, 127, 163

  order 79, 214

  scholars 83

  system 86, 317

  symbols 87

  patrilocal 64, 85

  renaissance 28, 308, 309, 311, 320–1,

  patriotism 137, 321, 329

  329

  Peloponnessus 21, 23

  riddles 50

  Phanariot 21, 202–3, 205–8, 213–4,

  rituals 6, 19, 55, 102, 127, 163, 165,

  216–8, 221

  311, 315, 327

  Philhellenism 273, 280–3, 285–7, 290

  romance 4, 16, 23, 25–6, 75, 81, 82,

  poetry 278, 281, 283, 312, 329

  140, 209, 284

  court 78

  medieval 25

  devotional 78

  romanticism 74, 280, 311, 327

  epic 78

  Romania 6, 24, 201–21, 234, 235,

  folk 5, 56, 309–11, 322, 324, 326,

  236, 238

  328

  elites 204, 214, 219, 220

  mystical 78, 79

  history 204–5, 217

  secular 78

  principalities 7, 201–2, 206, 211,

  polygamy 13, 30–1, 279

  213, 217, 218

  Pontos 45–67

  women 4, 7, 221

  pornography 273, 274, 291, 297

  Rome 26, 290

  pregnancy 243, 253, 257

  Romeo and Juliet 74

  premarital relations 82, 85, 243

  Rumeli 7, 153, 156, 158, 159, 164–5,

  Prévost d’Exiles, Antoine François,

  180, 182, 338

  Abbé 4, 11–35

  Russia 7, 47, 48, 56, 57, 66, 202–3,

  proletariat 139

  204, 210–12, 221

  prostitution 243, 253, 254, 257–8

  revolution 48

  proverbs 50, 51

  Russo-Ottoman war 279

  punishment 32, 34, 54, 66, 159, 163,

  Russo-Turkish treaties 218

  166, 253–5, 258, 264, 325

  Salonika 48, 50, 127–42

  Queen Mother see Valide Sultan

  saz 80, 318

  Qur’an 112–3

  Sarajevo 2, 101–8, 110, 113–4, 116,

  118, 312, 323–4, 328–9, 335–9,

  rape 56, 161, 243, 253–8, 279, 286,

  348

  289–91, 294, 296

  schools

  reaya 164, 168, 244, 245–6, 250, 259

  education 4, 6, 48–52, 100–3, 105,

  reconquista 2

  107–8, 112–6, 118, 138, 203,

  reforms 203, 213

  217

  refugee 48–9, 295

  legal 7, 179, 245, 252, 255, 334–51

  religion 3, 4, 16, 22, 24, 27, 49, 79,

  seraglio, sérail 13–5, 27, 281, 282

  140, 159, 202, 244, 248–9, 251–2,

  see also harem

  374

  Women in the ottoman Balkans

  Serbia 2, 6, 162, 231, 234, 294, 312,

  subjectivity 77

  323

  submission 12, 30, 34, 317

  sevdalinka 79–82, 312–4, 316,

  suffering 295–6

  318–20, 322, 324, 328–9

  sultan 2, 24, 110, 164, 168, 244, 284,

  see also Bosnia and Herzegovina/

  347

  women’s song

  harem 17,19, 23

  sexuality 4, 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 88, 156,

  Palaces 24

  162, 166, 235, 245, 255–7, 274,

  Ibrahim I 23

  290–3, 330, 337, 342, 343, 350

  Mehmed I 23–4

  sex 14, 52, 54, 67, 235, 296

  Mehmed II (The Conqueror) 21, 23,

  sexual

  279

  assault 180, 251, 253, 254, 258–9

  Murad I 14–5

  intercourse 168, 245, 254, 255–7

  Murad IV
23

  offense 256, 258

  Orhan 22

  violence 4, 251, 273–4, 277, 293,

  superstitions 50

  295–6

  symbolism 8, 79, 87, 201, 290

  harassment 140

  sexualization 7, 273, 274, 279,

  talak, talaq 159, 161, 168, 170, 177,

  287, 290, 295

  245, 248–9

  sicil, sijill 102, 153, 154, 156–9, 161,

  see also divorce

  165, 167, 169, 171, 175–6, 181,

  Tanzimat 213

  250, 346

  tefrik 159–62, 176

  Shari‘a 153–4, 154, 156–60, 162,

  see also divorce

  164, 166–7, 169–70, 176, 179–80,

  Thessaloniki see Salonika

  243, 253, 336–7, 339, 341, 346

  Thessaly 26, 247

  courts 6, 161–2, 164–6, 176, 178–9,

  Thrace 2, 27, 48, 60

  336, 340, 346–7

  trade unions 128, 134–5, 137–8, 326

  Slavs 294–5, 307, 309, 314, 329

  Transylvania 2, 206, 218, 234–6

  Muslim 327

  Trapezuntines 47

  Customs 73

  Trebizond 46–7, 58–60

  Slavonia 2, 308

  Tristan and Isolde 74

  Smyrna see İzmir

  socialism 7, 127–8, 130, 133, 135,

  ulema, ‘ulamā 83

  137–8, 140–1

  United States of America 47, 284

  Socialist Federation 128–9, 136

  Party 128, 135

  vakıf, vakuf, waqf 99–101, 104–13,

  songs 50, 78, 80, 237, 309, 315,

  115–6, 118–9

  323–4, 326, 329

  administrator 118–9

  sorcery 26

  founders 99, 101, 104–6, 109,

  Soviet Union 47–8

  111–2, 115, 118–9

  Spain 2, 27, 55, 311

  legislation 100

  spells 26, 317

  management 115–6, 118

  Stavrin 47–8, 50, 59, 62, 63

  vakıfnâme, vakufnama 101, 106,

  stepmother 52, 59

  110–2, 114–7, 119

  index

  375

  see also endowments

  Yugoslavia 1, 296

  Valide Sultan, Queen Mother 23, 24,

  37

  zina 161, 254–5, 257–8

  vampires 6, 231–238

  see also adultery

  belief in 6, 231, 233–8

  see also intercourse

  female 231, 233–4, 236

  veil 13, 16, 18–19, 25, 33, 74, 82–3,

  85, 91–2, 94, 136, 211, 221, 280

  violence 1, 15, 20, 23, 66, 85, 87, 277,

  290–4, 318

  against women 251, 253, 273,

  generative 87

  physical 253

  sexual 4, 273–4, 277, 293, 295–6

  Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet 29

  Wallachia and Moldavia 2, 174, 177,

  202–6, 209, 217–8, 221

  nobility 178, 206, 207, 210–3,

  219

  waqf see vakıf

  West 7, 13, 17, 25–6, 28, 30, 34, 46,

  201–3, 209, 211, 215, 234, 286,

  289, 311

  Christianity 28

  churches 31

  codes 11, 20, 27–8

  Europe 1, 4, 7, 135, 201, 203, 208,

  210, 218, 310

  music 80

  western 8, 11, 13, 14, 20–2, 28–9,

  56, 214, 217–8, 220–1, 281,

  287, 309, 313, 316, 328

 

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