Author: Caroline Finkel
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848547854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 893
Book Description
The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. This is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hungary to the Persian Gulf, and from North Africa to the Caucasus. Understanding the realization of Osman's vision is essential for anyone who seeks to understand the modern world.
Osman's Dream
Author: Caroline Finkel
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848547854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 893
Book Description
The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. This is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hungary to the Persian Gulf, and from North Africa to the Caucasus. Understanding the realization of Osman's vision is essential for anyone who seeks to understand the modern world.
Publisher: John Murray
ISBN: 1848547854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 893
Book Description
The Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found - a tree, fully-formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. This is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hungary to the Persian Gulf, and from North Africa to the Caucasus. Understanding the realization of Osman's vision is essential for anyone who seeks to understand the modern world.
The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher
Author: Douglas Scott Brookes
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292783353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In the Western imagination, the Middle Eastern harem was a place of sex, debauchery, slavery, miscegenation, power, riches, and sheer abandon. But for the women and children who actually inhabited this realm of the imperial palace, the reality was vastly different. In this collection of translated memoirs, three women who lived in the Ottoman imperial harem in Istanbul between 1876 and 1924 offer a fascinating glimpse "behind the veil" into the lives of Muslim palace women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The memoirists are Filizten, concubine to Sultan Murad V; Princess Ayse, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II; and Safiye, a schoolteacher who instructed the grandchildren and harem ladies of Sultan Mehmed V. Their recollections of the Ottoman harem reveal the rigid protocol and hierarchy that governed the lives of the imperial family and concubines, as well as the hundreds of slave women and black eunuchs in service to them. The memoirists show that, far from being a place of debauchery, the harem was a family home in which polite and refined behavior prevailed. Douglas Brookes explains the social structure of the nineteenth-century Ottoman palace harem in his introduction. These three memoirs, written across a half century and by women of differing social classes, offer a fuller and richer portrait of the Ottoman imperial harem than has ever before been available in English.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292783353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
In the Western imagination, the Middle Eastern harem was a place of sex, debauchery, slavery, miscegenation, power, riches, and sheer abandon. But for the women and children who actually inhabited this realm of the imperial palace, the reality was vastly different. In this collection of translated memoirs, three women who lived in the Ottoman imperial harem in Istanbul between 1876 and 1924 offer a fascinating glimpse "behind the veil" into the lives of Muslim palace women of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The memoirists are Filizten, concubine to Sultan Murad V; Princess Ayse, daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II; and Safiye, a schoolteacher who instructed the grandchildren and harem ladies of Sultan Mehmed V. Their recollections of the Ottoman harem reveal the rigid protocol and hierarchy that governed the lives of the imperial family and concubines, as well as the hundreds of slave women and black eunuchs in service to them. The memoirists show that, far from being a place of debauchery, the harem was a family home in which polite and refined behavior prevailed. Douglas Brookes explains the social structure of the nineteenth-century Ottoman palace harem in his introduction. These three memoirs, written across a half century and by women of differing social classes, offer a fuller and richer portrait of the Ottoman imperial harem than has ever before been available in English.
Turn My Head to the Caucasus
Author: Aydın Osman Erkan
Publisher: Citlembik Publications
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The compelling story of Osman Ferid Pasha begins in the mid 19th century as a child fighting--and losing--against Russian incursions in the Caucusus, through the mass migrations to Istanbul and then his successes and failures in the Ottoman military. The war in the Caucusus, the struggles of Imam Shamil of Chechnya and the fall of the Ottoman Empire are all spotlighted as we come to admire this intriguing figure of the Caucasian Pasha.
Publisher: Citlembik Publications
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The compelling story of Osman Ferid Pasha begins in the mid 19th century as a child fighting--and losing--against Russian incursions in the Caucusus, through the mass migrations to Istanbul and then his successes and failures in the Ottoman military. The war in the Caucusus, the struggles of Imam Shamil of Chechnya and the fall of the Ottoman Empire are all spotlighted as we come to admire this intriguing figure of the Caucasian Pasha.
Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 826
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Appleton's Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Pages : 828
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Saturday Review
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Pages : 1028
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Pages : 1028
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The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856)
Author: Candan Badem
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004190961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Crimean War was a defining event in both European and Ottoman history, but it has principally been studied from the Europeans’ point of view. This study analyzes the role of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War and the War’s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society. Based on hitherto unused Ottoman and Russian sources, it offers new insights into the Crimean War’s financial, social and political implications for the Empire, emphasizing the importance of the Ottomans as both actors and victims. In addition to analyzing Ottoman and European public opinion and the diplomatic, economic and political origins of the War, The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856) also contains a critical review of the voluminous existing literature on the subject.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004190961
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Crimean War was a defining event in both European and Ottoman history, but it has principally been studied from the Europeans’ point of view. This study analyzes the role of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War and the War’s impact on the Ottoman state and Ottoman society. Based on hitherto unused Ottoman and Russian sources, it offers new insights into the Crimean War’s financial, social and political implications for the Empire, emphasizing the importance of the Ottomans as both actors and victims. In addition to analyzing Ottoman and European public opinion and the diplomatic, economic and political origins of the War, The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856) also contains a critical review of the voluminous existing literature on the subject.
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
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Languages : en
Pages : 838
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Pages : 838
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Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events
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Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Languages : en
Pages : 822
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Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire
Author: Gülseren Duman Koç
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004683046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Based on many previously unused sources from Ottoman and British archives, Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire offers a micro-history to understand the nineteenth century Ottoman reforms on the eastern frontiers. By examining the administrative, military and fiscal transformation of Muş, a multi-ethnic, multi-religious sub-province in the Ottoman East, it shows how the reforms were not top-down and were shaped according to local particularities. The book also provides a story of the notables, tribes and peasants of a frontier region. Focusing on the relations between state-notables, notables-tribes, notables-peasants and finally tribes-peasants, the book shows both the causes of contention and collaborations between the parties.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004683046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Based on many previously unused sources from Ottoman and British archives, Governing the Frontiers in the Ottoman Empire offers a micro-history to understand the nineteenth century Ottoman reforms on the eastern frontiers. By examining the administrative, military and fiscal transformation of Muş, a multi-ethnic, multi-religious sub-province in the Ottoman East, it shows how the reforms were not top-down and were shaped according to local particularities. The book also provides a story of the notables, tribes and peasants of a frontier region. Focusing on the relations between state-notables, notables-tribes, notables-peasants and finally tribes-peasants, the book shows both the causes of contention and collaborations between the parties.