Whither Defterology? A Review Article of Halil İnalcık, Evgeni Radushev & Uğur Altuğ, 1455 Tarihli Paşa Livâsı İcmâl Defteri

Öz

The publication of seven Ottoman tahrir defters (tax registers) from the Bal- kans, or more correctly fragments thereof, compiled during the first sultanate of Mehmed II (November 1444 - May 1446), appeared in 2013 thanks to the efforts of Halil İnalcık, Evgeni Radushev, Uğur Altuğ and the Türk Tarih Kurumu (Turk- ish Historical Society). As someone who has studied and published this particular type of source throughout the past forty-five years,1 I am well aware of the amount of work involved in their undertaking. Future generations of defterologists, will benefit from their efforts, as we earlier have from Halil Hoca’s pioneering 1954

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Defterology
• tahrir defters
• tax registers

Kaynakça

1. Halil İnalcık, Evgeni Radushev & Uğur Altuğ, 1445 Tarihli Paşa Livâsı İcmâl Defteri (Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu, 2013), pp. xxiii + 218 pages of Transcription + 1 Map + 300 pages of Facsimiles.