Did the Ottoman state decline in the 18th and early 19th century or was it lagging? That is, were the Ottoman bureaucracy and armies functioning the same as they had previously or were they actively becoming worse at enforcing laws/extracting taxes/logistics/military discipline?
by /u/jurble in /r/AskHistorians
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