Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer
Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-BrammerNew York University Early Modern Ottoman/Safavid History Research Statement: The long-held narrative of an uncompromising sectarian division between the Sunni Ottoman and the Shia Safavid Empires emerged as a product of their escalated rivalry in the late-fifteenth century. Throughout the next two centuries, various Ottoman and Safavid authorities, including the rulers, bureaucratic and religious actors, as well as court chroniclers, perpetuated a façade of a deeply rooted and incurable division between the two primary sects of Islam and the two mighty polities serving as their “guardians.” In my monograph, I study this period, roughly from the mid-14th to the mid-17th century, and the formation (and re-formation) of sectarian narratives and their enmeshment with non-sectarian issues, such as border formation, taxation, military recruitment, and migration. While at IAS: First Term |
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