Beshara B. Doumani uses a variety of local sources to examine everyday family life throughout the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipot

Groundbreaking essays on Sephardic Jewish families in the Ottoman Empire and Western Sephardic communities

Twice a princess, twice exiled, Neslishah Sultan had an eventful life. When she was born in Istanbul in 1921, cannons were fired in the four corners of the Otto

The popular image of the family and the court of law in Muslim societies is one of traditional, unchanging social frameworks. Iris Agmon suggests an entirely di