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The Ottoman Empire and the World Around it
Suraiya Faroqhi
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Description for The Ottoman Empire and the World Around it
Paperback. Demonstrates that there was no iron curtain between the Ottoman and other worlds but rather a long-established network of diplomatic, financial, cultural and religious connections. This book is based on a study of several sources, including diplomatic records, travel and geographical writing, as well as personal accounts. Series: Library of Ottoman Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QDT; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 414.
The first paperback edition, in line with latest historiography - "Ottoman Empire" is a major and advanced early modern power, this book is based on a huge study of original sources and personal accounts. The author leading historian of early modern Ottoman Empire in all aspects - political, economic, diplomatic and cultural. In Islamic law the world was made up of the House of Islam and the House of War with the Ottoman Sultan - the perceived successor to the Caliphs - supreme ruler of the Islamic world. However, Suraiya Faroqhi demonstrates that there was no iron curtain between the ... Read more
The first paperback edition, in line with latest historiography - "Ottoman Empire" is a major and advanced early modern power, this book is based on a huge study of original sources and personal accounts. The author leading historian of early modern Ottoman Empire in all aspects - political, economic, diplomatic and cultural. In Islamic law the world was made up of the House of Islam and the House of War with the Ottoman Sultan - the perceived successor to the Caliphs - supreme ruler of the Islamic world. However, Suraiya Faroqhi demonstrates that there was no iron curtain between the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Library of Ottoman Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845111229
SKU
V9781845111229
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Ref
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About Suraiya Faroqhi
Suraiya Faroqhi is Professor of Ottoman Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, and the author of 'Pilgrims and Sultans' and 'Subjects of the Sultan' (both I.B.Tauris).
Reviews for The Ottoman Empire and the World Around it
"'An illuminating book by one of the world's leading experts on Ottoman history' - Noel Malcom, Sunday Telegraph"