pt. 1. Extraordinary taxes ('avariz) and local administration
The 'avariz tax regime and the conduct of tax surveys
The mechanics of local tax administration : land use, personal liability, and apportionment
The responsibilities and compensation of quarter tax officials
A fiscal demography of Aleppo
Urban responses to the Imposition of extraordinary taxes
The frequency and level of extraordinary tax levies
Popular strategies for tax relief : tax exemption
Other individual strategies for tax relief
Collective action and mutual assistance
Residential quarters and the question of "positive loyalties"
pt. 2. Military units : elements of solidarity and division
Survey of military cadres
Residence patterns
Compensation of troops
Ocaklik and the guards of the Kars Citadel : soldiers, market regulation, and moneylending
Mobilization and unit solidarity
The career of 'Ali b. Shabib (d. ca. 1678)
The episode of 'Ali Agha b. 'Abdullah
Limits on unit discipline and solidarity
pt. 3. Solidarity and leadership in the guilds
Guild self-government
The leadership of the guilds : two case studies
The butchers
The Kasapbasi : compensation and social background
The tanners
The Akhi Baba and Shaykh al-Sab'a
A sketch of one Shaykh al-Sab'a : Sayyid Ibrahim b. Sayyid Rajab al-H'anbali (d. 1678)
The Shaykh al-Dabbaghin and Naqib al-Dabbaghin
Relations among guilds
Guilds : patterns of autonomy and organizational fluidity.