Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 158 Seiten)
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ISBN:
9789004467941
Series Statement:
Islamicate Intellectual History volume 7
Uniform Title:
Selimname
Content:
Saʿdeddīn Efendi was a renowned Ottoman chief jurisconsult, influential statesman, eminent scholar, and prolific translator of Arabic and Persian works into Turkish. Prognostic Dreams, Otherworldly Saints, and Caliphal Ghosts: Hoca Saʿdeddīn Efendi's (d. 1599) "Selimname" comprises a critical edition, English translation, and a facsimile of his hagiographic work on controversial Ottoman sultan Selim I ("the Grim"). Saʿdeddīn's Selimname consists of a preface and twelve anecdotes in which Selim I is portrayed as a divinely ordained sultan who delves into the realm of meditation, communicates with otherworldly saints and the "rightly guided" caliphs, and foretells the future
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004467934
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sadeddin, Hoca, - 1536-1599 Prognostic dreams, otherworldly saints, and caliphal ghosts Leiden : Brill, 2022 ISBN 9789004467934
Language:
English
Keywords:
Selim I. Osmanisches Reich, Sultan 1470-1520
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Geschichte 1512-1520
DOI:
10.1163/9789004467941
Author information:
Sadeddin Efendi Hoca 1536-1599
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