Ottoman “Frontiers” in Russia and the Indian Ocean
This panel will present new ways of understanding the borders and boundaries of the Ottoman Empire, specifically as they relate to Eurasia and the Indian Ocean. Dilyara Agisheva focuses on how the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire in 1783 generated new ruptures and entanglements with respect to the Crimean ‘ulamā’, the Ottoman state, and the Islamic community of…