Preface . IX -- Introduction 1 -- The Survey of 1455 4 -- The Reconstruction of the City of Istanbul 9 -- A. THE TEXT OF THE SURVEY -- The Photocopy of the Text - 15 -- The Copy of the Text 1, 89 -- English Translation of the Text 213 -- Abbreviations and Glossary 215 -- I. Galata House Owners and Residents 217 -- II. The Houses of Kostantiniyye Which Are Held for the -- Treasury (mevkuf). 295 -- A Summary 369 -- B. THE ANALYSIS of THE TEXT -- 1. The Turkish Terms and Expressions Used in the Text 377 -- 2. Place Names 387 -- 3. The Population 391 -- "Ahdndme, the pact granted to the non-Muslims 393 -- A note on the proper names 398 -- a. Muslims in Galata and Istanbul 400 -- Officials, ulema and military 416 -- b. Greeks in Galata and Istanbul 417 -- c. Italians in Galata 435 -- d. Jews in Istanbul Quarters 440 -- e. The Armenian names 446 -- Istanbul population'in later periods 449 -- The population of Istanbul in the census of 1935 450 -- 4. The Maballes (Quarters) 451 -- Mahalles (quarters mentioned in the vakfiyye of -- Mehmed the Conqueror, dated 1472) 456 -- Quarters in E.H. Ayverdi's map of -- Istanbul (1455-1581) 459Formation of a quarter 461 -- Quarters adjacent to the city walls starting from the -- Halic to the land walls and the Marmara Sea 462 -- The Galata quarters 463 -- 5. The Hânes (House, Households) 465 -- I. Hâne in Galata 465 -- II.Hâne in Kostantiniyye 469 -- 6. Djizya (Poll-Tax) 473 -- 7. Places of Worship _ _ , 479 -- a. Mosques . 479 -- b. Churches and monasteriesyL 489 -- Pierre Gilles' observations 500 -- c. Synagogues 502 -- C. DOCUMENTS _ 509 -- I. Tursun's Original Text on the Survey and the Death -- of theEmperor — 511 -- II. Ahmed Aşıkî (Aşık Paşa-zâde) on the Conqueror's -- Policy to Repopulate Istanbul 581 -- - Comments -- 584 -- III. The Conqueror's Mülknâme to Shaykh M. Geylânî 589 -- IV. AkShemseddîn's Letter to Sultan Mehmed on -- April 21, 1453 _ 591 -- The Translation of the Letter, : 591 -- Comment - 593 -- V. A Report on Istanbul's Population in 1477 595 -- Translation of the Report 597 -- Comment _ 598 -- VI. The Accounts of the Ayasofya Mosque Endowment -- (waqf) in the Years 893-895/1489-1491 603 -- VII. An Edict Dated 1544 on the non-Moslem Settlers -- in Istanbul 607 -- VIII. The Privileged Bahkas, fishermen of the Golden -- Horn (Halic) _ _ _ 617 -- IX. Documents from TKSM, 1-8 619 -- X. Written Will of Shaykh Vefa, the Dispute About His Wakfs, -- (TKSA, E 6131) 630 -- XL A report by Hızır, the Cadi of Istanbul -- to the Conqueror - _ — - — _ 633 -- XIII. Tursun's Biography 636 -- Chronology after the Conquest (1453) 655 -- Notes 657 --Bibliography 665 -- General Index 673 -- Index of Quarters -- 687 -- Index of Mosques -- 693 -- Index of Monasteries 695 -- Index of Churches --697 -- Plan of Istanbul (1453-1500) _ 699