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Empire and power in the reign of Süleyman : narrating the sixteenth-century Ottoman world

Title: Empire and power in the reign of Süleyman : narrating the sixteenth-century Ottoman world / Kaya Şahin, Indiana University.
Author: Şahin, Kaya, 1974-
Publication: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Description

xviii, 290 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"On a torrid August day in 2009, I visited Celalzade Mustafa's final resting place in Istanbul's Eyüp district, in a neighborhood called Nisanca. The chancellor (nisanci) is buried in the cemetery adjoining the small mosque built for him by Sinan, the chief imperial architect. His brother Salih, a teacher, judge and religious scholar, is buried nearby, but the sepulchres of poets who received plots from this patron of poetry have disappeared. The mosque, adorned with glazed tiles, has changed significantly since the mid-sixteenth century. It was damaged in a fire in 1729, and was rebuilt following a more devastating fire in 1780. The mansion where Mustafa composed his works, welcomed fellow literati, and provided advice to young and aspiring secretaries is long gone, probably destroyed in the fire of 1780, if not before"-- Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: Revisiting Celalzade Mustafa -- Part One. Celalzade Mustafa and the New Ottoman Empire in Early Modern Eurasia -- The Formative Years (1490-1523) -- The Secretary's Progress (1523-1534) -- The Empire and Its Chancellor (1534-1553) -- Towards the End (1553-1567) -- Part Two. Narrating, Imagining, and Managing the Empire -- Narrating the Empire : History-Writing between Imperial Advocacy and Personal Testimony -- Imagining the Empire : The Sultan, the Realm, the Enemies -- Managing the Empire : Institutionalization and Bureaucratic Consciousness -- Conclusion: Beyond Ottoman and European exceptionalism: empire and power in sixteenth-century Eurasia.

Call Number

JFE 13-4134

ISBN

9781107034426 (hardback)
1107034426 (hardback)

LCCN

2012031961

OCLC

YBP 2012031961

Author

Şahin, Kaya, 1974- author.

Title

Empire and power in the reign of Süleyman : narrating the sixteenth-century Ottoman world / Kaya Şahin, Indiana University.

Publisher

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-4134

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