A comprehensive history of the provincial administrative and judiciary structure in Ottoman-governed Bulgaria This book provides a detailed exploration of the way in which administrative and judicial offices and practices provided an essential space for politics in nineteenth-century Bulgaria, securing local inhabitants' participation with Ottoman imperial governance. Combining a wealth of primary documents in both Bulgarian and Ottoman Turkish, this is the first systematic and comprehensive study of the connection between imperially designed institutions and local politics. Key Features - Draws on provincial documents from Bulgarian archives to reveal a well-connected provincial political and economic environment in which the local elite played important roles alongside state officials - Provides a comprehensive discussion of the provincial bureaucratic and judiciary structure in Ottoman Balkans in the nineteenth century - Explains the investment of the local elite in the nineteenth-century transformation of the Ottoman Empire - Provides an account of the main political structures in a key Bulgarian province at the eve of Bulgarian independence and in the midst of significant demographic movements involving the Turks, Bulgarians and the Adyghe people (Circassians) Safa Saracoglu is a Professor of History at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is co-editor (with Kent F. Schull) of Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey (2016). Cover image: Session Sheets, 2016, 30 - 9" x 11" Ultrachrome Prints (c) Sue O'Donnell Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-3099-9 [PPC] ISBN 978-1-4744-3100-2 [cover] Barcode