Name: Kurdish Nobility […] with Nilay Ozok-Gundogan
Start: 2025-04-07T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-07T13:30:00-07:00
Location: 615 Crothers Way, Encina Commons Suite 124, Stanford, CA

$Kurdish Nobility [\u2026] with Nilay Ozok-Gundogan$

𝙆𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚: 𝙇𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮, 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙉𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙯𝙤𝙠-𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙇𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮, 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙉𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙯𝙤𝙠-𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙜𝙖𝙣
📅 Monday, April 7, 2025
🕓 12:00 - 1:30 PM
📍 Encina Commons 123
615 Crothers Way, Stanford, CA 94305
🎟️ Register: tinyurl.com/NilayOzok
Event co-sponsors: @abbasiprogram and @mideaststanford
Despite Kurdish ruling households’ distinctive place in the Ottoman imperial system, hereditary nobility has largely been dismissed as a meaningful political category in Ottoman historiography. This talk examines how Kurdish nobility, particularly the Palu begs, navigated shifting political and fiscal landscapes from the 16th to 19th centuries–negotiating autonomy, retaining privileges, and adapting to changing imperial policies. The discussion also revisits the long, contested abolition of their status to explore broader dynamics of Ottoman governance, property relations, and intercommunal ties in Kurdistan.
𝗡𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝘇𝗼𝗸-𝗚𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗻 is an Associate Professor of Ottoman and Middle East history at Florida State University and a 2024–2025 Fellow at @humanatstanford.