1092/1681 tarihli İstanbul İhtisab defterinde dükkanlar ve dükkan sahipleri

The idea of the administration of economy in the Ottoman Empire was shapedby certain views with historical backgrounds. The Ottoman Sultans viewed their subjectsas their dependents that should be protected, and rested on the Islamic principle of hisbain terms of market control and supervision. In this way, market control gained areligious aspect in addition to the fiscal. The official in charge with the market affairs,the İhtisâb ağası, collected taxes in return for his service. The main source and subject ofthis thesis, the İhtisâb-tax register of Istanbul dated 1092/1681, was prepared for thedaily tax, which was collected mostly from victual shops. The register providesinformation about the kinds of trades, the owners of the shops, and the amount of taxpaid daily. With this information, subjects like consumption habits and the ethnic andsocial identity of the shop-owning class could be understood better.Key Words: Istanbul, ihtisâb, esnaf, consumer culture, market supervision,provisioning, taxation, guilds, shopkeeper.