Law and Division of Power in the Crimean Khanate (1532-1774)

Natalia Królikowska-Jedlińska, Ph.D. (2010), University of Warsaw, is Assistant Professor at that university. She has published articles on the Crimean Khanate and the Northern Caucasus in the Early Modern Period.

• PrefaceThe Chronological Scope of the ResearchOutline of the BookAcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsNote on Place Names, Proper Names, and TransliterationConcordance of Frequently Mentioned Place NamesGlossaryIntroductionHistoriography of the Crimean KhanateSources1 Murad Giray and His Times1 The Context of the Crimean Khanate Ruled by Murad Giray2 Murad Giray as Viewed by Crimean Chroniclers2 The Household, Deputies, and the Council of the Khan1 The Khan’s Household2 The Kalga3 The Nuraddin and His Officials4 The Khan’s Council3 The Khan and the Nobles1 The Crimean Nobles to 15322 The Crimean Nobles in the Years from 1532 to 17744 Provincial Kadıs and Their Courts1 The Kadı and Court Personnel2 The Limitations of the Judicial Power of the Kadı and His Subordinates5 Law and Its Practice in the Khanate’s Sharia Courts1 The Law Applied in the Crimean Courts2 Litigants of the Sharia Courts: A Basic Statistical AnalysisConclusion: A Fragile BalanceAppendicesAppendix I: Transliteration, Translation, and Facsimile of the Order Issued by Khan Canibeg GirayAppendix II: Transliteration, Translation, and Facsimile of a Case Brought to the Council of Murad GirayAppendix III: Summaries of the Cases Judged at the Khan’s Council (1678–82)Appendix IV: List of the Officials Recorded in the Crimean Sicils during the Reign of Murad GiraySelected BibliographyIndex