Writing History at the Ottoman Court : Editing the Past, Fashioning the Future
Ottoman historical writing of the 15th and 16th centuries played a significant role in fashioning Ottoman identity and institutionalizing the dynastic state structure during this period of rapid imperial expansion. This volume shows how the writing of history achieved these effects by examining the...
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| Sprache: | English |
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Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press,
2013
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| Schlagworte: | Turkey - Historiography Electronic books |
| Umfang: | Online-Ressource (200 p) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- PrefaceNote on transliteration
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The historical epic Aḥval-i Sulṭan Meḥemmed (the tales of Sultan Mehmed) in the context of early Ottoman historiography / Dimitris Kastritsis
- 2. The Memory of the Mongols in Early Ottoman Historiography / Baki Tezcan
- 3. Imperialism, Bureaucratic Consciousness, and the Historian's Craft: A Reading of Celalzade Muṣṭafa's Ṭabaḳatü'l-Memalik ve Derecatü'l-Mesalik / Kaya Sahin
- 4. Conversion and Converts to Islam in Ottoman Historiography of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries / Tijana Krstic
- 5. Seeing the Past: Maps and Ottoman Historical Consciousness / Giancarlo Casale
- 6. From Adam to Süleyman: Visual Representations of Authority in ʿArif's Shahnama-yi Al-i ʿOs̱man / Fatma Sinem Eryilmaz
- 7. The Challenge of Periodization: New Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Historiography / Hakan T. Karateke
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Index.