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- Title
The Noble Traders: the Islamic Tradition of “Spiritual Chivalry” ( futuwwa) in Bosnian Trade-guilds (16<sup>th</sup>−19<sup>th</sup> centuries).
- Authors
Aščerić-Todd, Ines
- Abstract
Originally linked to the military associations of the Middle Ages, the Islamic tradition of futuwwa was with time inherited by artisanship associations. The Anatolian Akhīs of the 14th century represent an important link in the evolution of the futuwwa tradition, and it was thanks to them that this tradition survived well into the Ottoman era, this time within the framework of the more centralized, professional trade-guilds. Together with other Ottoman institutions, administrative, military and economic, Ottoman crafts and their trade-guilds appeared in Bosnia soon after the final fall of the country to the Ottomans in 1463. Sources which provide information on the organization and activities of Bosnian guilds also give a picture of their religious character and, related to it, the presence of futuwwa tradition within them. The most important of these sources are those that originate from the guilds themselves, the guild defters and their statutes, which are often called fütüvetnames. A number of documents of this kind found in Bosnia illustrate a strong presence of different futuwwa traditions within Bosnian guilds from their establishment well into the 19th century, while some also provide valuable information on the futuwwa tradition in Ottoman guilds in general.
- Subjects
TURKEY; FUTUWWA (Islamic social groups); ISLAMIC civilization; ISLAMIC orders of knighthood &; chivalry; TRADE associations; ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc.; BOARDS of trade
- Publication
Muslim World, 2007, Vol 97, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
0027-4909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1478-1913.2007.00168.x