The Drunken Officials of Abdülhamid II: Alcohol Consumption in the Late Ottoman Bureaucracy

Sultan Abdülhamid II (r. 1876-1909) has the image of a pious authoritarian caliph. However, many of his officials, even those closest to him, were not that religious and frequently crossed the lines drawn by their master. The Ottoman state’s personnel registers (sicill-i aḥvāl defterleri) contain in...

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Main Author: Abdulhamit Kırmızı
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2022-09-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/17780
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