v. 2. The Ottoman empire as a world power, 1453-1603 / edited by Suraiya N. Faroqhi, Istanbul Bilgi University and Kate Fleet, University of Cambridge -- v. 3. The later Ottoman Empire, 1603-1839 / edited by Suraiya N. Faroqhi, Istanbul Bilgi University.

Contents of volume 2: Introduction / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- Part I : An expanding empire -- The Ottomans, 1451-1603: A political history introduction / Kate Fleet -- Ottoman expansion in Europe, ca. 1453-1606 / Palmira Brummett -- Ottoman expansion in the East / Ebru Boyar -- Ottoman expansion in the Mediterranean / Kate Fleet -- Ottoman expansion in the Reed Sea / Sali̇h Özbaran -- Part II : Government, economic life and society -- Government, administration and law / Colin Imber -- The Ottoman government and economic life: Taxation, public finance and trade controls / Murat Çi̇zakça -- Ottoman armies and warfare, 1453-1603 / Géza Dávid -- Religious institutions, policies and lives / Gilles Veinstein -- Ottoman population / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- Part III : Culture and the arts -- The order of knowledge, the knowledge of order: Intellectual life / Gottfried Hagen -- The visual arts / Çiğdem Kafescioğlu -- The literature of Rum: The making of a literary tradition (1450-1600) / Seli̇m S. Kuru. Contents of volume 3: Part I : Background -- Introduction / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- Ecology of the Ottoman lands / Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth -- Political and diplomatic developments / Christoph K. Neumann -- Part II : An empire in transition -- Political culture and the great households / Carter Vaughn Findley -- War and peace / Virginia Aksan -- Public finances : the role of the Ottoman centre / Linda T. Darling -- Part III : The centre and the provinces -- The Ottoman centre versus provincial power-holders : an analysis of the historiography / Dina Rizk Khoury -- Semi-autonomous forces in the Balkans and Anatolia / Fikret Adanir -- Semi-autonomous forces in the Arab provinces / Bruce master -- Part IV : Social, religious and political groups -- The Ottoman ulema / Madeline c. Zilfi -- Muslim women in the early modern era / Madeline C. Zilfi -- The Ottoman Jews / Minna Rozen -- Christians in a changing world / Bruce Masters -- Part V : Making a living -- Capitulations and western trade / Edhem Eldem -- Guildsmen and handicraft producers / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- Declines and revivals in textile production / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- Rural life / Suraiya N. Faroqhi -- Part VI : Culture and the arts -- The Ottoman musical tradition / Cem Behar -- Arts and architecture / Tülay Artan -- Ottoman literature / Hatice Aynur.