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Dissertation Information for Robert Charles Bond

NAME:
- Robert Charles Bond

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- History

SCHOOL:
- University of California, Los Angeles (USA) (2004)

ADVISORS:
- Stanford Shaw

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Geoffrey W. Symcox
- John Dagenais
- Michael Morony

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The office of the Ottoman court historian or vak'anuvis (1714--1922): An institutional and prosopographic study

Abstract: The chronicles of Ottoman court historians or vak'anüvis have long been used by scholars as sources on the institutional history of the Ottoman Empire, but very little has been done to understand the institution, individuals, and historiography of this government post.

The place the vak'anüvis holds in Ottoman historiography is examined in order to add to our understanding of the office. The office of court historian is shown to be a logical development within 'official' historiography which was first institutionalized in the office of Sahnaneci in the sixteenth century.

A definition of the office of vak'anüvis is established in order to cast light on the controversy over the origins of the office. The appointment of Mehmet Rasid Efendi in 1714 is recognized as the beginning of the office of court historian which would last until the end of the Ottoman Empire.

After the origins of the office are explored, the two-century history of the office of court historian is recounted. Finally, this study is concluded by examining the office on a prosopographic level. Data was collected on the men who held the post of court historian for various factors including: birth place, education, patronage, father's origins and occupation, literary accomplishments, and appointment patterns. The results of this study have shown that there was a strong competition between the religious class ( ulema ) and the scribal class ( kalemiye ) for appointment to this post and that appointments from each class were just about equal over the two centuries the office was in existence. In addition, a high level of literary accomplishment, strong scribal skills, and modest career advancement were other traits that a majority of the men who held the post of court historian held in common. Biographies of the men who held the post of vak'anüvis are presented in an appendix at the end of the study.

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