Selçuk, Oya İklilFaroqhi, S.2018-07-112018-07-112015-02-01978-1-78238-558-5http://hdl.handle.net/10679/5837This chapter addresses the fundamental, yet unanswered, question of when and how formal hierarchically organized guilds appeared in Ottoman towns. In doing so, 15th century Bursa court records are scrutinized.engrestrictedAccessTracing esnaf in late fifteenth-century Bursa court recordsbookPart5169Ottoman guildsEsnafBursa esnafCourt recordsEarly modern Ottoman townsGuild hierarchyAhis2-s2.0-84937029761