Reform in the Ottoman Empire, 1856-1876

Roderic H. Davison

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9780691625157, 9780691030531
• eBook ISBN: 9781400878765
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern History
• Index: History

The author examines in detail the Tanzimat reforms, focusing on the crucial phase between the reform edict of 1856 and the constitution of 1876.

Originally published in 1963.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Note on Transliteration, Names, Dates, Abbreviations
• I. Introduction: Decline and Reform to 1856
• II. The Hatt-1 Hümayun of 1856 and the Climate of Its Reception
• III. Reform and Conspiracy, 1856-1861: Âli, Fuad, and Kibrisli Mehmed
• IV. Reorganization of the Non-Muslim Millets, 1860-1865
• V. Provincial Government: Midhat Paşa and the Vilayet System of 1864 and 1867
• VI. Political Agitation: The New Ottomans
• VII. The Final Achievements of Âli and Fuad, 1867-1871
• VIII. The Period of Chaos, 1871-1875
• IX. 1876—The Year of the Three Sultans
• X. The Constitution of 1876
• Glossary
• Appendix A. Foreign Intervention in Ottoman Affairs Under the Paris Treaty
• Appendix B. Population of the Ottoman Empire
• Appendix C. Âli Paşa's Political Testament
• Appendix D. Was Sultan Abdülaziz Murdered?
• Appendix E. Did Abdülhamid Sign a Pledge to Abdicate?
• Bibliography
• Index