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Topic 4: Abdulhamid II and Constitutionalism

Sept 23-25

Deringil, Selim. “Legitimacy Structures in the Ottoman State: The Reign of Abdulhamid II (1876-1909).”
International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 23, no. 3, 1991, pp. 345–359. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/164486. Accessed 6 Jan. 2020.

Georgeon, François. “Ottomans and drinkers: The consumption of alcohol in Istanbul in the nineteenth century”
in Rogan E. Outside In: On the Margins of the Modern Middle East (London: I.B. Tauris, 2002), 7-3

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2212668.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A8dce56d5623158321598a7da1e038ccf

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Namik Kemal, “And Seek Their Counsel in the Matter '
Namik Kemal, “And Seek Their Counsel in the Matter [Qur'an, Sura 3, Verse 159] [“Wa shawirhum fi’l-amr,” Hürriyet (Liberty), London, England, number 4, July 20, 1868, pp. 1–4. Translation from Turkish and introduction by M. Şükrü Hanioğlu]
The Ottoman Constitution, Promulgated the 7th Zilbridje, 1293 (11/23 December, 1876)

Topic 4 Images

Official Portrait of Prince Abdulhamid at Balmoral Castle in 1867

Official Portrait of Prince Abdulhamid at Balmoral Castle in 1867. Accessed January 6, 2020.

The Ottoman Civil Code (Mecelle) in Ottoman Turkish

The Mecelle was the civil code of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th and early 20th century. It was the first attempt to codify a part of the Sharia-based law of an Islamic state.