{"id":636,"date":"2024-05-01T11:51:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T08:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=636"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:54:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T08:54:02","slug":"the-role-of-artisans-in-the-circumcision-festival-of-1675-during-the-reign-of-sultan-mehmed-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/?p=636","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Artisans in the Circumcision Festival of 1675 during the Reign of Sultan Mehmed IV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In 1675, the Ottoman state held an imperial festival (sur-\u0131 h\u00fcmayun<\/em>) in Edirne to celebrate the military achievements, the circumcision of the sons of Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648-1687) and the marriage of his daughter. Drawing from seventeenth- century official and non-official sources concerning the festival, this essay focuses mainly on the role of the artisans. It shows how the practices of the artisans at the festival resembled those of the army artisans who, too, paraded at the initial stage of the military campaigns. However, rather than the mere theatrical aspects of the guilds\u2019 pageantry, it emphasizes other yet multiple functions of the artisans. In particular, showing the role of the Istanbul and Edirne guilds in front of and behind the stage, this essay argues that they not only benefited from participating in such events but also bore their burdens as they provided various services, labor, and funding. In this regard, it also pays attention to the other side of the coin where not only artisans but also other actors were involved. To this end, after a brief introduction, this essay focuses on the day-to-day parades of the artisans, the practices of gift-giving, the burdens and benefits of the festival for the different classes, and finally its military tone by considering the actively involved artisans and their auxiliaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sultan IV. Mehmed D\u00f6neminde 1675 Tarihli S\u00fcnnet \u015eenli\u011findeki Esnaf\u0131n Rol\u00fc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1675\u2019te Osmanl\u0131 Devleti, asker\u00ee ba\u015far\u0131lar\u0131 ile Sultan IV. Mehmed (1648-1687)\u2019in o\u011ful- lar\u0131n\u0131n s\u00fcnnetini ve k\u0131z\u0131n\u0131n evlili\u011fini kutlamak i\u00e7in Edirne\u2019de bir imparatorluk \u015fenli\u011fi (sur-\u0131 h\u00fcmayun<\/em>) d\u00fczenledi. \u015eenlikle ilgili on yedinci y\u00fczy\u0131ldan resm\u00ee ve resm\u00ee olmayan kaynaklara dayanan bu makale, esas olarak esnaf\u0131n rol\u00fcne odaklanmaktad\u0131r. Ayr\u0131ca \u015fenlikteki esnaf\u0131n uygulamalar\u0131n\u0131n asker\u00ee seferlerin ilk a\u015famas\u0131nda ge\u00e7it t\u00f6reni yapan ordu esnaf\u0131n\u0131nkilere nas\u0131l benzedi\u011fini g\u00f6stermektedir. Bununla birlikte, \u015fenliklerdeki ge\u00e7it t\u00f6renlerinin sadece teatral y\u00f6nlerinden ziyade, esnaf\u0131n di\u011fer fonksiyonlar\u0131na vurgu yapmaktad\u0131r. \u00d6zellikle \u0130stanbul ve Edirne loncalar\u0131n\u0131n sahne \u00f6n\u00fcnde ve ar- kas\u0131nda oynad\u0131\u011f\u0131 rol\u00fc g\u00f6steren bu makale, bu t\u00fcr etkinliklere kat\u0131lmaktan sadece fayda sa\u011flamakla kalmay\u0131p ayn\u0131 zamanda hizmet, emek ve finans sunduklar\u0131 i\u00e7in k\u00fclfetini de ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131klar\u0131n\u0131 savunmaktad\u0131r. Bu ba\u011flamda, sadece esnaf\u0131n de\u011fil, ayn\u0131 zamanda di\u011fer akt\u00f6rlerin de yer ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 madalyonun di\u011fer y\u00fcz\u00fcne de dikkat \u00e7ekmektedir. Bu ama\u00e7- la, k\u0131sa bir giri\u015ften sonra, bu makale esnaf\u0131n g\u00fcnl\u00fck ge\u00e7it t\u00f6renlerine, hediyele\u015fme pratiklerine, \u015fenli\u011fin farkl\u0131 s\u0131n\u0131flar i\u00e7in getirdi\u011fi y\u00fcklere ve faydalara ve son olarak da aktif olarak kat\u0131lan esnaflar\u0131 ve yamaklar\u0131n\u0131 g\u00f6z \u00f6n\u00fcnde bulundurarak \u015fenli\u011fin asker\u00ee tonuna odaklanmaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research project was conducted not only by me but also by the prominent historian Prof. Nalan Turna. Together, we analyzed the role of artisans and guilds in the courtly festivals of the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the T\u00fcrk Tarih Kurumu, the article is free to access, and you can read it by clicking here<\/a> or download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1675, the Ottoman state held an imperial festival (sur-\u0131 h\u00fcmayun) in Edirne to celebrate the military achievements, the circumcision of the sons of Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648-1687) and the marriage of his daughter. Drawing from seventeenth- century official and non-official sources concerning the festival, this essay focuses mainly on the role of the artisans. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[266,264,267,202,265,263,262,252],"class_list":["post-636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-academic","tag-army-artisans","tag-artisans","tag-auxiliary-artisans","tag-edirne","tag-guild-artisan-pageants","tag-imperial-festival-sur-i-humayun","tag-ottoman-circumcision-festival-of-1675","tag-sultan-mehmed-iv","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torunfatihh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}