Watenpaugh, Heghnar Zeitlian. <br/><br/>
The image of an Ottoman city  Imperial Architecture and Urban Experiencein Aleppo in the 16th and 17th Centuries 

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<br/><br/>   List of Illustrations ............................................................................................................ xiAbbreviations and Frequently Cited Sources .......................... ........................................xvNote on Dates and Transliteration .......................................... ......................................xviiAcknowledgments ...................................................................... ...................................xixChapter One Introduction ...................................................... ..........................................1Situating Aleppo .................................................................... ..........................................1Imperial Architecture in the Center and the Periphery .... ..................................................6Patronage and the Production of Space ....................................................................... 10Trends in Previous Scholarship ..................................................................................... 15Sources and Method ..................................................................................................... 21Ottomanization and the Layering of Cities ........................ ..............................................27Chapter Two The Aleppine Context .................................... ...........................................31The Late Mamluk City ........................................................ ............................................31The First Ottoman Signs ...................................................... ..........................................36The Character of Architectural Patronage .......................... ...........................................43Earliest Ottoman Endowments ............................................ ..........................................46The Urban Development of the Sixteenth Century .......... ..............................