Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Transliteration and Usage -- Maps -- Introduction: The Battle of Ankara and its Consequences -- International relations in the Ottoman Civil War -- The Civil War and Ottoman Society -- Paul Wittek's Thesis and its Critics -- The Sources -- Documentary, Numismatic, and Epigraphic Sources -- Short Chronicles and Travel Accounts -- Long Chronicles and Literary Sources: the Ahval -- Other Ottoman Chronicles and Literary Sources -- Non-Ottoman Chronicles and Literary Sources -- Chapter One. The Political Landscape after Ankara (28 July 1402 - Spring 1403) -- Timur's Policy toward the Ottoman Princes -- Emir Süleyman in Rumeli and the Treaty of 1403 -- The International Situation in the Balkans -- Mehmed Çelebi's Struggles in Rum -- Chapter Two. Anatolia between Isa and Mehmed Çelebi (Spring 1403 - September 1403) -- The Buildup to Ulubad: Mehmed Çelebi's Alliance with Germiyan -- The Battle of Ulubad (9 March - 18 May 1403) -- Were Isa and Süleyman Allies? -- Mehmed Çelebi's Enthronement in Bursa and the Burial of Bayezid I -- The Later Battles of Isa and Mehmed Çelebi -- Chapter Three. Anatolia between Emir Süleyman and Mehmed Çelebi (before March 1403 - 14 June 1410) -- Emir Süleyman's Conquest of Bursa and Ankara -- The Stalemate and Süleyman's Activities in Anatolia -- The Situation in Rumeli (1403-1410) -- Musa Çelebi in Kastamonu and Karaman -- Chapter Four. Rumeli between Emir Süleyman and Musa Çelebi (1409? - 17 February 1411) -- Musa's First Supporters in Rumeli: Mircea, Byzantium, and the Akıncı -- Musa's First Actions in Rumeli: The Siege of Mesembria and the Battle of Yambol -- Süleyman's Return to Rumeli and the International Situation -- The Battles of Kosmidion (15 June 1410) and Edirne (11 July 1410) -- The Death of Süleyman (17 February 1411).

Chapter Five. The Reign of Musa Çelebi and the End of the Civil War (17 February 1411 - 5 July 1413) -- Musa's Administration and the Uc Begleri -- The Resumption of Raiding and Musa's Attacks against Serbia and Byzantium -- Musa and Venice: The Treaty of Selymbria (3 September 1411) -- The Battle of Incegiz (Late Winter - Early Spring 1412?) -- Stefan Lazarevic, 'George Brankovic, 'and the Son of Savcı -- Mehmed's Second Campaign against Musa and Activities before the Battle of Çamurlu -- Musa's 1411-1412 Serbian Campaigns and the Challenge of Orhan, Son of Süleyman -- The Battle of Çamurlu and Reunification of the Ottoman Realm (5 July 1413) -- Chapter Six. Narrative and Legitimation in the Ottoman Civil War -- Political Legitimation in the Ottoman Civil War -- The Problem of Dynastic Succession -- Mehmed Çelebi's Correspondence with Shahrukh -- The Ahval's Ideas on Dynastic Succession -- Further Evidence from Abdülvasi Çelebi's Halilname -- Appendix: Translation Of Abdülvasi Çelebi, Halilname, "The Battle of Sultan Mehmed with Musa and the Defeat of Musa" -- Bibliography -- Index.