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A collection of historical essays by Colin Imber, professor of Turkish at the University of Manchester.
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-61143-138-4
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Nov 20,2010
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 350
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-61143-138-4
$169.00

This volume is a collection of essays by Colin Imber, professor of Turkish at the University of Manchester. Identifying nationalism – both Turkish and non-Turkish – as having the single greatest influence on the direction of Ottoman studies, Imber attempts to avoid the pitfalls presented by nationalism and other negative trends in the field. As a philologist, Imber uses a distinctively non-social sciences approach to the analysis of texts. Therefore, Imber's articles on the Ottoman navy, Islamic sects and Ottoman civil law are all influenced by his close reading of archival materials.

This volume is a collection of essays by Colin Imber, professor of Turkish at the University of Manchester. Identifying nationalism – both Turkish and non-Turkish – as having the single greatest influence on the direction of Ottoman studies, Imber attempts to avoid the pitfalls presented by nationalism and other negative trends in the field. As a philologist, Imber uses a distinctively non-social sciences approach to the analysis of texts. Therefore, Imber's articles on the Ottoman navy, Islamic sects and Ottoman civil law are all influenced by his close reading of archival materials.

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Colin Imber

  • CONTENTS (page 6)
  • INTRODUCTION (page 8)
  • THE NAVY OF SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT (page 13)
  • THE COSTS OF NAVAL WARFARE: THE ACCOUNTS OF HAYREDDIN BARBAROSSA'S HERCEG NOVI CAMPAIGN IN 1539 (page 83)
  • THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE OTTOMAN FLEET AFTER THE BATTLE OF LEPANTO 1571-1572 (page 97)
  • THE PERSECUTION OF THE OTTOMAN SHI'ITES ACCORDING TO THE MUHIMME DEFTERLERI, 1565-1585 (page 115)
  • THE WANDERING DERVISHES (page 141)
  • THE MALAMATIYYA IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (page 157)
  • A NOTE ON "CHRISTIAN" PREACHERS IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (page 165)
  • FOUR DOCUMENTS FROM JOHN RYLANDS TURKISH MS. NO. 145 (page 173)
  • ZINA IN OTTOMAN LAW (page 187)
  • THE STATUS OF ORCHARDS AND FRUIT-TREES IN OTTOMAN LAW (page 219)
  • "INVOLUNTARY" ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS SOLUTION IN OTTOMAN LAW (page 229)
  • WHY YOU SHOULD POISON YOUR HUSBAND (page 265)
  • WOMEN,MARRIAGE AND PROPERTY : MAHR IN THE BEHCETU L-FETAVA OF YENISEHIRLI 'ABDULLAH (page 275)
  • A NOTE ON PLINY'S IRESIA (page 301)
  • PAUL WITTEK'S "DE LA DEFAITE D'ANKARA A LA PRISE DE CONSTANTINOPLE" (page 303)
  • THE OTTOMAN DYNASTIC MYTH (page 317)
  • THE LEGEND OF OSMAN GAZI (page 335)
  • 'OTHMAN I (page 345)
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