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The Fire Next Door

Muslims, Non-Muslims, and the Geography of Risk in Early Modern Istanbul

于Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule
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Jordan Cannon Harvard University Cambridge, MA USA

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Abstract

This article challenges the widespread belief that Ottomans greeted early modern Istanbul’s frequent fires with “Oriental” indifference or opportunistic glee, fatalistically reissuing the same ineffective building regulations or using fires as a pretext to displace the city’s Christian and Jewish inhabitants. Drawing primarily on Ottoman Turkish decrees, court records, and architectural surveys from the mid-sixteenth through early nineteenth centuries, I advocate for an alternative understanding of the ways in which fires transformed early modern Istanbul’s social and architectural fabric. I argue that significant efforts to rebuild and fireproof the city came from within neighborhoods, and that a great deal of responsibility was delegated to and embraced by civilians in this regard. These local initiatives revolved around the concepts of tradition (vażʿ-ı ḳadīm), invention (iḥdās̱), and expulsion (ihrāc), and they involved complex alliances, conflicts, and negotiations. Not falling neatly within the predictable confines of “powerful” Muslims marginalizing “weak” non-Muslims, disputes over perceived fire hazards and accusations of incendiary behavior cut across religious and ethnic boundaries.

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