nizam-i cedid

------------------ Part 1: Of Bandits and Princes If history can, with much effort made by those who study it, be considered a series of smaller, usually predictable (and often romantic) narratives intertwined with one another - all protagonized by kingdoms and empires which formed, grew and...

The Ottoman Empire was in a very bad spot by the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th: it had suffered several devastating defeats at the hands of Russia and its growing might, banditry was rampant throughout Rumelia, the empire's heartland in Europe, and much of its territory...