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AN OTTOMAN PROTOCOL REGISTER CONTAINING CEREMONIES FROM 1736 TO 1808: BEO SADARET DEFTERLER! 350 IN THE PRIME MINISTRY OTTOMAN STATE ARCHIVES, ISTANBUL Edited with an introduction and annotations by HAKAN T. KARATEKE The Royal Asiatic Society / The Ottoman Bank Archive and Research Centre IBRAHIM PASHA OF EGYPT FUND SERIES

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AN OTTOMAN

PROTOCOL REGISTER

CONTAINING CEREMONIES

FROM 1736 TO 1808: BEO SADARET

DEFTERLER! 350 IN THE PRIME MINISTRY

OTTOMAN STATE ARCHIVES, ISTANBUL

Edited with an introduction and annotations by

HAKAN T. KARATEKE

The Royal Asiatic Society / The Ottoman Bank Archive and Research Centre

IBRAHIM PASHA OF EGYPT FUND SERIES

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PREFACE

The BEO 350 protocol register is preserved among the Sublime Porte Archives series(Babªali Evrak Odasª) of the Prime Ministry Ottoman State Archives (Ba !sbakanlªkOsmanlª Devlet Ar !sivi: BOA) in Istanbul. The manuscript bears a possession record,dated 1220/1805, by a certain Memed Med, treasurer at the office of protocol. Theregister (defter) comprises a variety of ceremonies held on different occasions from1736 to 1808.

A quick glance at the register will reveal to the experienced reader that, generallyspeaking, it is far from being systematically organized. Moroever, it is primarily con-cerned with accession ceremonies, funerals and, most of all, the reception of foreignenvoys. Yet such is the nature of most Ottoman protocol registers, many of which areeither records kept by the office of protocol, or lists compiled according to the per-sonal inclinations of a protocol officer. Therefore, one should keep in mind that thisregister does not reflect every type of ceremony held at the Ottoman court. Registersdisplaying a larger variety of ceremonies do exist, but, truth be told, my decision towork on this particular defter was prompted by a personal interest in Ottoman diplo-matic ceremonial. Then again, this is only one of the many registers that refer to suchceremonies.

Consequently, the introduction to this edition focuses primarily on the reception ce-remonies held for foreign envoys. Diplomacy was, and still is, a very flexible matter.There was always room for special treatment of some envoys, for better or for worse.Alliances between two states could result in special attention, indulgence, favor, andpomp being bestowed upon envoys. On the other hand, the reception of envoys arrivingin times of political tension or conflict could take the form of a struggle for power andprestige. Therefore, it is often difficult to integrate the many exceptions and singulari-ties that characterize diplomatic ceremonial into a coherent and orderly account ofsome comfort to the reader.

I became interested in Ottoman protocol registers while working on my doctoraldissertation on Ottoman court ceremonies in the nineteenth century. Although the in-troduction is, unsurprisingly, inspired by my earlier work on the subject, I have furtherdeveloped many of my previous ideas, and have tried to propose several new inter-pretations for our understanding of Ottoman imperial ceremonies. That being said, thisvolume should first and foremost be considered as the annotated and critical edition ofa protocol register, with a synoptic listing of all the major ceremonies described in it.To this I have added a number of appendices and indexes which, I hope, may be ofsome use for further studies on the topic.

I have chosen to translate into English the technical Ottoman terms used in the in-troduction and in the synoptic lists of ceremonies. The original terms are on many oc-casions given in parentheses. The reader is also advised to refer to the ‘Key to theTechnical Terms’ for a complete list of the original terminology.

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As is briefly discussed in the introduction, ceremonies contribute, albeit modestly,to the validation of a regime’s political legitimacy and to its smooth functioning.When trying to determine the relationship between ceremonial rites and political po-wer, the lofty symbolism of ceremonies needs to be interpreted with great care. Thus,detailed descriptions such as those found in protocol registers are extremely valuable,indeed indispensable, for a solid interpretation. I discuss some of the problems of pro-tocol registers and the limitations of their use for such analytical purposes in the intro-duction.

Over fifty protocol registers are known to exist today in the archives and libraries,covering a period from the mid-seventeenth century down to the beginning of thetwentieth century, and with descriptions of almost every kind of ceremony. It is myhope that this edition will bring to the attention of students of Ottoman history thefruitful uses to which protocol registers can be put in order to increase our un-derstanding of Ottoman court ceremonial.

Hakan T. KaratekeCambridge, Massachusetts, 2006

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