Contents -- List of Tables and Graphs -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Conversion to Islam before the Ottomans: Theories of Conversion -- Chapter Two. Periods of Conversion to Islam in the Balkans and Demographic Processes -- Chapter Three. Forms, Factors and Motives of Conversion to Islam in the Balkans -- Chapter Four. Kisve Bahasi Petitions as Sources of Conversion -- Chapter Five. The Institutionalization of Conversion: Kisve Bahasi Petitions as a Social Phenomenon -- Chapter Six. The Collective Image of New Muslims who Submitted Kisve Bahasi Petitions to the Sultan, 1670s-1730s -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Kisve Bahasi Petitions: Facsimiles and Translations -- Appendix 2. List of Archival Units in the National Library of Bulgaria containing Kisve Bahasi Petitions -- Appendix 3. List of Archival Units in the Ba bakanlik Ottoman Archive, Istanbul, containing Kisve Bahasi Petitions -- 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.