The Nature of the Early Ottoman State -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Debate to Date -- 2. Wittek Revisited: His Utilization of Ahmedi's Iskendername -- 3. Wittek Revisited: His Utilization of the 1337 Bursa Inscription -- 4. What Could the Terms Gaza and Gazi Have Meant to the Early Ottomans? -- 5. Toward a New Explanation -- 6. Christian Peasant Life in the Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Empire -- 7. The Last Phase of Ottoman Syncretism-The Subsumption of Members of the Byzanto-Balkan Aristocracy into the Ottoman Ruling Elite -- 8. The Nature of the Early Ottoman State -- APPENDIX 1 -- APPENDIX 2 -- APPENDIX 3 -- APPENDIX 4 -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE DEBATE TO DATE -- 2. WITTEK REVISITED: HIS UTILIZATION OF AHMEDI'S ISKENDERNAME -- 3. WITTEK REVISITED: HIS UTILIZATION OF THE 1337 BURSA INSCRIPTION -- 4. WHAT COULD THE TERMS GAZA AND GAZI HAVE MEANT TO THE EARLY OTTOMANS? -- 5. TOWARD A NEW EXPLANATION -- 6. CHRISTIAN PEASANT LIFE IN THE FIFTEENTH-CENTURY OTTOMAN EMPIRE -- 7. THE LAST PHASE OF OTTOMAN SYNCRETISM- THE SUBSUMPTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BYZANTO-BALKAN ARISTOCRACY INTO THE OTTOMAN RULING ELITE -- 8. THE NATURE OF THE EARLY OTTOMAN STATE -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- SUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East.