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Ottoman Fake
An Essay on Forgers, Bureaucrats, and Philologists (18th-20th Centuries)
Series: - Philological Encounters Monographs, Volume: 5
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Coins, notes, fats, oils, soda waters, teas and wines, dyes and medicines, diplomas, certificates, patents and titles⦠Fakes were everywhere in the late Ottoman world. Did anyone care?
As this book shows, calls to âdiscriminate the true from the fake,â a founding motto of philological practice from the 16th century onwards, prompted many encounters between forgers and bureaucrats in the late Ottoman world. Each tells a different story about how fakes occurred. Quoted and translated in full, reports of these forgery affairs shed new light on Ottoman state-society relations. They show that the taming of the fake has been crucial to the reforming of the state.
As this book shows, calls to âdiscriminate the true from the fake,â a founding motto of philological practice from the 16th century onwards, prompted many encounters between forgers and bureaucrats in the late Ottoman world. Each tells a different story about how fakes occurred. Quoted and translated in full, reports of these forgery affairs shed new light on Ottoman state-society relations. They show that the taming of the fake has been crucial to the reforming of the state.
Marc Aymes, Ph.D. (2005), Aix-Marseille University, is Professor at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), affiliated to the Center for Turkish, Ottoman, Balkan and Central Asia Studies (CETOBaC).
Preface: Forgery in Action
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Calendar Systems
Transliteration
About the cover
IntroductionâFakes: In It From the Outset
â1âCarlo Ginzburgâs Photo Finish
â2âRobert-Henri Bautierâs Passion
â3âWhat Two Out-And-Out Usurpers Look Like
â4âState Art and Statecraft
Introduction to Part1
1 Symbolic Deaths, or Proscription
â1âEl-ḥâc Ṣâliḥ from Bûrdur
â2âḤaḳḳı EfendiâDeactivating a Pasha
â3âAn Inventory as an Example
2 Sharp Sight, or the Reserves of Perspicacity
â1âFrom Afar, or the Fleeting Glimpse of Meḥmed Fûââd Efendi
â2âSeen from Closer Upâthe Attentive Gaze
â3âCollocation Effects
â4âIn Which Excellence Frequents Mediocrity
â5âMatter for Discernment
â6âDistinctive Characteristics
3 Conditioning What Cannot Be Discerned
â1âClipped and Gilded
â2âMeḥmed the Kurd, or the Mutism of Scratching
â3âSándor Radnóti, or the Power of Wear(ing)
â4âSüleymân Efendi, or Interpolation in the Hollows
â5âThe Report from Bîġâ, or How to Falsify Without Altering
â6âFalsification despite the Indiscernible
â7âVanishing Fakes
â8âThe Garden of San Stefano
4 Extracts from the Realm of Particles
A Short Theory of Mixtures and Amalgamations
â1âMedicines, Fats, and Assimilated Products
â2âTrieste Rums, Leucadian Wines
â3âWater, Lemonade, and Carbonic Acid
â4âRearranged and Recomposed
â5âLéon the Austrian and Co.
â6âAniline and Its Admixtures
â7âThe Color of Science: The Artifice of Chromatopsia
â8âTea in the Laboratory
â9âAll Sorts of Avania
â10âThe Apothecary Dressed Up as a Chemist
Coda: The Power of Suspicion
â1âGone AWOL
Introduction to Part2
â1âOne Beginning, Two Trials
5 Forgers and Co.
Incrimination by the Gang
â1âLads from the Docks (1)
â2âThe Steamer from Trebizond
â3âTraces of Companionship
â4âLads from the Docks (2)
â5âVâsîlâkî, Sûrepa, Mıġırdîc, and the Gang
6 Confecting Is Conceiving
Conviction by Instruments
â1âThe Idle-Handed
â2âForever Tinkering, Forever Trying
7 The Work of Interrogation
â1âThe Question
â2âPressure
â3âTo Summarize
Afterword: Making the Most of Fakes
Appendix 1: Facsimiles and Transliterations
Appendix 2: Analytical Table
Bibliography
Index of Operations
Index of Terms & Phrases
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Calendar Systems
Transliteration
About the cover
IntroductionâFakes: In It From the Outset
â1âCarlo Ginzburgâs Photo Finish
â2âRobert-Henri Bautierâs Passion
â3âWhat Two Out-And-Out Usurpers Look Like
â4âState Art and Statecraft
Part1 Apprehensions and Reprehensions: Looking for Imprints
Introduction to Part1
1 Symbolic Deaths, or Proscription
â1âEl-ḥâc Ṣâliḥ from Bûrdur
â2âḤaḳḳı EfendiâDeactivating a Pasha
â3âAn Inventory as an Example
2 Sharp Sight, or the Reserves of Perspicacity
â1âFrom Afar, or the Fleeting Glimpse of Meḥmed Fûââd Efendi
â2âSeen from Closer Upâthe Attentive Gaze
â3âCollocation Effects
â4âIn Which Excellence Frequents Mediocrity
â5âMatter for Discernment
â6âDistinctive Characteristics
3 Conditioning What Cannot Be Discerned
â1âClipped and Gilded
â2âMeḥmed the Kurd, or the Mutism of Scratching
â3âSándor Radnóti, or the Power of Wear(ing)
â4âSüleymân Efendi, or Interpolation in the Hollows
â5âThe Report from Bîġâ, or How to Falsify Without Altering
â6âFalsification despite the Indiscernible
â7âVanishing Fakes
â8âThe Garden of San Stefano
4 Extracts from the Realm of Particles
A Short Theory of Mixtures and Amalgamations
â1âMedicines, Fats, and Assimilated Products
â2âTrieste Rums, Leucadian Wines
â3âWater, Lemonade, and Carbonic Acid
â4âRearranged and Recomposed
â5âLéon the Austrian and Co.
â6âAniline and Its Admixtures
â7âThe Color of Science: The Artifice of Chromatopsia
â8âTea in the Laboratory
â9âAll Sorts of Avania
â10âThe Apothecary Dressed Up as a Chemist
Coda: The Power of Suspicion
â1âGone AWOL
Part2 Characterization and Classification: The Morphology of Reports and Relationships
Introduction to Part2
â1âOne Beginning, Two Trials
5 Forgers and Co.
Incrimination by the Gang
â1âLads from the Docks (1)
â2âThe Steamer from Trebizond
â3âTraces of Companionship
â4âLads from the Docks (2)
â5âVâsîlâkî, Sûrepa, Mıġırdîc, and the Gang
6 Confecting Is Conceiving
Conviction by Instruments
â1âThe Idle-Handed
â2âForever Tinkering, Forever Trying
7 The Work of Interrogation
â1âThe Question
â2âPressure
â3âTo Summarize
Afterword: Making the Most of Fakes
Appendix 1: Facsimiles and Transliterations
Appendix 2: Analytical Table
Bibliography
Index of Operations
Index of Terms & Phrases
This book will be of interest to specialized Ottoman historians as well as educated readers interested in transverse topics (state formation, social change, forgery practices), both as an essay and a sourcebook.