List of figures List of tables Foreword Notes on words and style 1. Introduction HalilHamid– the questions Important sources İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı Ahmed Cevdet Dispatches of the British ambassador Journal politique ou Gazette des gazettes Other contemporary sources Modern works A simple chronology of the dismissal and death of HalilHamid The reason for HalilHamid's dismissal 2. Background Background: people and events Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Raif İsmail İzzet Mehmed Esma Sultan SeyyidMehmed İbrahim BeyefendiAhmed Nazif The treaty of Küçük Kaynarcaand its aftermath The road to the treaty of Küçük Kaynarca Raif İsmailin 1774 Ratification of the treaty The banquet at the Beşiktaş Palace: İsmail, İzzet, and İbrahim Beyefendi Prince Repnin's embassy Raif İsmail's dismissal and exile HalilHamid 3. Reasons for the dismissal The conspiracytheory: what is the evidence? Uzunçarşılı 1936 Other sources The conspiracytheory: assessment of probabilities Selim HalilHamid's alleged co-conspirators Practicalities of a conspiracy Summary HalilHamidand Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Was Hasan a war monger? Was Hasan the leader of a war faction? Was Hasan HalilHamid's enemy? 4. The French experts How many official French experts were there? What about unofficial foreigners? The work of the official French experts The Bosphorusforts The Black Seaforts Fortification lessons Shipbuilding Artillery and the foundry What was guiding HalilHamid? Ottoman attitudes Conclusions 5. The main players again HalilHamidand Ahmed Nazif HalilHamid, Raif İsmail, and İbrahim Beyefendi Esma Sultan HalilHamidand the janissaries 6. HalilHamid's dismissal and death, and the aftermath What was the janissaries' grievance? Telling the sultan A sketch of the sequence of events leading to the dismissal The end of the story Afterword Appendix: Four men called Mustafa, 1778-1784 Esseyid Elhac Mustafa efendi Laleli Elhac Mustafa efendi Mustafa aða Hacı Mustafa efendi Bibliography Unpublished sources Published sources and theses (strict alphabeticization) Index of Subjects and Places Proper Names Index

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