Format:
1 Online-Ressource (321 Seiten)
ISBN:
9004305947
,
9789004305946
Series Statement:
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde volume 301
Content:
This is the first detailed study of the representation of the Turkic peoples and Ottoman Turks in Malay literature between the 14th-19th centuries. Drawing on a wide range of texts, Vladimir Braginsky uncovers manifold metamorphoses and diverse forms of localisation of this Turkic-Turkish theme. This theme has strongly influenced the religious and political ideals and political mythology of Malay society. By creating fictional rather than realistic portrayals of the Turks and Turkey, imagining the king of Rum as the origin point of Malay dynasties, and dreaming of Ottoman assistance in the jihad against the colonial powers, Malay literati ultimately sought to empower the Malay self by bringing it closer to the Turkish other
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004290702
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004290709
Additional Edition:
Print version Turkic-Turkish theme in traditional Malay literature
Language:
English
Keywords:
Malaiisch
;
Literatur
;
Osmanen
;
Türken
;
Motiv
DOI:
10.1163/9789004305946
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