Reliable Books: Islamic Law, Canonization and Manuscripts in the Ottoman Empire (16th-18th Centuries)

My project explores the emergence of an imperial jurisprudential canon in the Ottoman Empire in the early modern period. It examines the ways in which the Ottoman dynasty regulated the circulation and reading of a specific textual corpus. In particular, the project draws attention to the implication of this development for our understanding of the nature of the manuscript culture in the early modern Ottoman Empire and beyond.