Securing the emperor, securitising the guns

This article analyses the reasons behind the delayed appropriation and adoption of Ottoman harquebuses by the Ming army. Although these weapons had reached the empire by the mid-16th century, their existence was only acknowledged at the end of the century. Through the lens of securitisation, I will...

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Autor: Noordam, Barend|||0000-0003-3843-0279
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5871/jba/009s4.112
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Palabra clave:Cross-cultural negotiation
Military technology transfer
Diplomacy
Ottoman empire
Portugal
Dutch East India Company
Ming and Qing China
Gift giving
Imjin War (1592-8)
Muskets
Harquebuses
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spelling Securing the emperor, securitising the gunsthe strangely delayed dissemination of Ottoman military technology in the late Ming empireNoordam, Barend|||0000-0003-3843-0279Cross-cultural negotiationMilitary technology transferDiplomacyOttoman empirePortugalDutch East India CompanyMing and Qing ChinaGift givingImjin War (1592-8)MusketsHarquebusesThis article analyses the reasons behind the delayed appropriation and adoption of Ottoman harquebuses by the Ming army. Although these weapons had reached the empire by the mid-16th century, their existence was only acknowledged at the end of the century. Through the lens of securitisation, I will argue that this delay was a result of the context of Luso-Ottoman geopolitical rivalries in which these weapons were possibly leveraged as an incentive to form a Sino-Ottoman alliance against the Portuguese. I will argue that a civil bureaucracy averse to assertive activist rulership could have prevented the emperor from participating in the resulting military diplomacy. By comparing this event with a later Dutch East India Company embassy with similar geopolitical intentions, I will argue that the Ming civil officials achieved their goal by controlling the emperor's perception of Ottoman intentions. In terms of securitisation, this meant that the emperor himself was the main audience and his officials the securitising agents in matters of foreign relations. 22021-01-0120212021-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/274388https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.5871/jba/009s4.112reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2743882026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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the strangely delayed dissemination of Ottoman military technology in the late Ming empire
title Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
spellingShingle Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
Noordam, Barend|||0000-0003-3843-0279
Cross-cultural negotiation
Military technology transfer
Diplomacy
Ottoman empire
Portugal
Dutch East India Company
Ming and Qing China
Gift giving
Imjin War (1592-8)
Muskets
Harquebuses
title_short Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
title_full Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
title_fullStr Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
title_full_unstemmed Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
title_sort Securing the emperor, securitising the guns
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Noordam, Barend|||0000-0003-3843-0279
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cross-cultural negotiation
Military technology transfer
Diplomacy
Ottoman empire
Portugal
Dutch East India Company
Ming and Qing China
Gift giving
Imjin War (1592-8)
Muskets
Harquebuses
topic Cross-cultural negotiation
Military technology transfer
Diplomacy
Ottoman empire
Portugal
Dutch East India Company
Ming and Qing China
Gift giving
Imjin War (1592-8)
Muskets
Harquebuses
description This article analyses the reasons behind the delayed appropriation and adoption of Ottoman harquebuses by the Ming army. Although these weapons had reached the empire by the mid-16th century, their existence was only acknowledged at the end of the century. Through the lens of securitisation, I will argue that this delay was a result of the context of Luso-Ottoman geopolitical rivalries in which these weapons were possibly leveraged as an incentive to form a Sino-Ottoman alliance against the Portuguese. I will argue that a civil bureaucracy averse to assertive activist rulership could have prevented the emperor from participating in the resulting military diplomacy. By comparing this event with a later Dutch East India Company embassy with similar geopolitical intentions, I will argue that the Ming civil officials achieved their goal by controlling the emperor's perception of Ottoman intentions. In terms of securitisation, this meant that the emperor himself was the main audience and his officials the securitising agents in matters of foreign relations.
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