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Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands

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Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands

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This paper analyzes Mahmud II's famous purge of Bektashi lodges after the Vâkâ-yı Hayriyye (Auspicious Event) in the first half of the nineteenth century with a novel approach. In the current scholarship, the government's attempt to confiscate Bektashi properties has been discussed mainly in the economic and fiscal contexts. Furthermore, the ulema was depicted as indifferent to the confiscation of the Bektashi lodges in this narrative. Instead, this article sheds light on three essential aspects of the confiscation process. Firstly, it argues that many members of the ulema showed active and passive resistance to the abolishment of Bektashi lodges, managing to limit certain policies of the central government over the Bektashi lodges. The second argument of the paper is that the government took the ulema seriously throughout the process and created a careful religio-legal language to justify the procedure. Finally, it asserts that the Bektashi purge of Mahmud II did not reach its immediate aim to abolish Bektashism and create an additional financial resource for the newly established central army. However, this event became the starting point of a new government policy over religious endowments by redefining the central government's limits over the religious sphere.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Bektaşi Order, Auspicious Event, Religious Endowments, Ottoman Ulema

Kaynakça

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Öyük, H. F. (2024). Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands. Kadim, 7, 71-91. https://doi.org/10.54462/kadim.1259593
AMA
1.Öyük HF. Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands. Kadim. 2024;(7):71-91. doi:10.54462/kadim.1259593
Chicago
Öyük, Hasan Fatih. 2024. “Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands”. Kadim, sy 7: 71-91. https://doi.org/10.54462/kadim.1259593.
EndNote
Öyük HF (01 Nisan 2024) Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands. Kadim 7 71–91.
IEEE
[1]H. F. Öyük, “Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands”, Kadim, sy 7, ss. 71–91, Nis. 2024, doi: 10.54462/kadim.1259593.
ISNAD
Öyük, Hasan Fatih. “Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands”. Kadim. 7 (01 Nisan 2024): 71-91. https://doi.org/10.54462/kadim.1259593.
JAMA
1.Öyük HF. Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands. Kadim. 2024;:71–91.
MLA
Öyük, Hasan Fatih. “Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands”. Kadim, sy 7, Nisan 2024, ss. 71-91, doi:10.54462/kadim.1259593.
Vancouver
1.Hasan Fatih Öyük. Revisiting the 1826 Bektaşi Purge: Political-Economy of Confiscating Endowment Lands. Kadim. 01 Nisan 2024;(7):71-9. doi:10.54462/kadim.1259593