The North Caucasus Borderland: Between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire, 1555-1605

Murat Yasar

The North Caucasus Borderland

Between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire, 1555-1605

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Murat Yasar, State University of New York at Oswego

Publisher:: Edinburgh University Press
Online publication date:: August 2023
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781474498715

Subjects:: Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History
Series:: Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire

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From the Muscovites' annexation of the nearby Khanate of Astrakhan in 1556 to their expulsion from the region by the Ottomans and their allies in 1605, the North Caucasus was a contested borderland. This book considers the poorly understood first encounter between the Ottoman Empire and the Tsardom of Muscovy, drawing on both documentary and narrative primary sources. These Ottoman and Muscovite sources show the contrasting subject- and territory-making strategies in the early modern period. They also show how their rivalry brought about changes to the internal dynamics and strategies of the polities within the North Caucasus, shaping the region, its political structures and the lives of its peoples in the following centuries.

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The North Caucasus Borderland

Between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire, 1555-1605

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Illustrations
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-ix

A Note on Transliteration and Spelling of Terms and Names
pp x-x

Introduction: Sources, Methodology and Terminology
pp 1-18

1 - The Land and Peoples of the North Caucasus in the Sixteenth Century: An Overview
pp 19-48

2 - Tracing the Milky Way: The North Caucasus and the Two Empires
pp 49-85

3 - Bargaining for the Milky Way: The Astrakhan Campaign and the North Caucasus Borderland
pp 86-114

4 - The Milky Way Fades: Post-Astrakhan Ottoman and Muscovite Strategies in the North Caucasus
pp 115-154

5 - The Milky Way Vanishes: The Denouement of the Ottoman–Muscovite Rivalry in the North Caucasus, 1605
pp 155-176

6 - Searching for the Milky Way: A Tale of Five Narts
pp 177-201

Conclusion: Imperial Entanglements and Borderlandisation of the North Caucasus
pp 202-216

Appendices
pp 217-217

Appendix I: Selected Ottoman Documents from Mühimme Registers
pp 218-231

Appendix II: Selected Muscovite Documents from Posol’skii Prikaz Records
pp 232-243

Appendix III: Glossary of Terms
pp 244-246

Appendix IV: Chronology
pp 247-249

Bibliography
pp 250-265

Index
pp 266-272

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