Architectural Revolution on the Ottoman Frontier
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Architectural Revolution on the Ottoman Frontier

Greece and Albania in the Age of Ali Pasha

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Architectural Revolution on the Ottoman Frontier

Greece and Albania in the Age of Ali Pasha

About this book

In the early nineteenth century, the most consequential developments in Ottoman architecture were taking place not in Istanbul but in the farthest reaches of imperial territory. Emily Neumeier investigates this wider phenomenon through a consideration of the architecture of Ali Pasha of Ioannina, one of the most prolific patrons in the history of the Ottoman Empire, who undertook a building program so ambitious that it ultimately got him killed.

Ali Pasha is still a household name in present-day Greece and Albania, where he served as Ottoman governor from 1788 to 1822. To consolidate his rule over an incredibly diverse population, the governor set out on a sweeping building program that included mosques, palaces, military fortifications, dervish lodges, and even Orthodox Christian monasteries. Drawing upon a wealth of primary sources, Neumeier reveals how Ali Pasha's buildings shifted the sociopolitical order by testing the standards of patronage established by the imperial court and relocating administrative authority from center to province. To reconstruct the world that Ali Pasha built, Neumeier draws from both extensive fieldwork and abundant archival material, whose far-flung nature—from Istanbul to London—reflects the impressively wide scope of Ali Pasha's influence.

Rigorously researched and packed with fascinating stories, this book presents an innovative spatial history of the Ottoman frontier during the age of revolutions, a pivotal period in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries when there was no obvious blueprint for power. It will be of interest to specialists in art and architectural history, the Ottoman Empire, and Mediterranean, Islamic, and Modern Greek studies.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Notes to Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Redefining the Governor’s Palace
  8. Notes to Chapter 1
  9. Chapter 2: Fortifications on a Liquid Frontier
  10. Notes to Chapter 2
  11. Chapter 3: Patronage for Multiconfessional Communities
  12. Notes to Chapter 3
  13. Chapter 4: Experiments in Architectural Epigraphy
  14. Notes to Chapter 4
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliograpaphy
  17. Index