By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify and describe key archival sources related to Ottoman economic, financial, and social history.
• Read and analyze transliterated budgets, account books, survey registers, and law codes.
• Evaluate the role of archival materials in historical research and their impact on historiographical debates.
• Critically assess the advantages and challenges of using different types of Ottoman archival sources.
• Apply historical research methods to the study of Ottoman economic and social institutions.