Study Guide for Inalcik, "Question of Emergence of the Ottoman State".

• Halil Inalcik spent most of his career at Ankara University in Turkey in its famous Faculty of History. He moved to the University of Chicago in the late 1970s where he recently retired. He now serves as the Director of the Institute of Ottoman Studies at Bilkent University just outside of Ankara. He is recognized as the leading living historian of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1. Inalcik's explanation of the Emergence of the Ottoman State demonstrates some significant differences from those provided by Lindner and Cahen [and Wittek, as discussed in class]. Can you find them?
• 2. How do Inalcik, Lindner/or Cahen, and Wittek differ in their characterization of the Holy War?
• 3. Names/terms
1. Asia Minor [by now you should know this well]
2. Seljuk(id)
3. Osman Ghazi
4. Turcoman
5. Mamluks [discussed in class]
6. Amasya-Tokat [check maps distributed in class]
7. ghazi
8. "infidel"
9. "udj"
10. "boluk"