Format:
Online-Ressource (195 p)
ISBN:
9780742562172
Series Statement:
New Dialogues in Philosophy
Content:
〈i〉Spies, Scandals, and Sultans〈/i〉 is the first English translation of a fascinating and acidly critical portrait of the Ottoman capital of Istanbul during the days of the Sultan Abd al-Hamid. This is the first time that the text, written by an Egyptian journalist and politician, has been available since 1896. The text of the Arabic original is prefaced with an extensive introduction in which the author's life is discussed and the highly controversial contents of the book are contextualized and evaluated for their accuracy against other contemporary accounts of life in the Ottoman capital
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; A Note on Transliteration; The Later Ottoman Sultans; Introduction; The Translation; 1 Concerning the Circumstances of the Ottoman Sultanate; 2 Almabayn; 3 The Chief Secretary's Department in Almabayn; 4 The Almabaynjiyya Department in Almabayn; 5 The Department of the Chief Eunuch in Almabayn; 6 The Department of the Yavaran in Almabayn; 7 Spies; 8 Anniversary of the Sultan's Accession; 9 Spies (II); 10 Splendor of the Caliphate and Magnificence of the Sultanate; 11 Appointment to Ottoman Offices; 12 Court Proceedings in Istanbul; 13 Shaykhs
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14 Writing Ma Hunalik15 The Sultan; 16 Deposition of Sultans; Glossary; Index; About the Translator
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781461643470
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742562172
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Spies, Scandals, and Sultans : Istanbul in the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
Author information:
Allen, Roger 1942-
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