Annals of the Turkish Empire, from 1591 to 1659


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"Annals of the Turkish Empire, from 1591 to 1659" tell about the history of the great state after the highest period of prosperity that the country survived in the times of Suleiman the Great. A reader is presented with the account of the most important events as the country lived under the rule of numerous Suleiman's successors.




The Annals of the Turkish Empire: 1591 - 1659


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This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Annals of the Turkish Empire is a narrative of the most important and interesting events which had transpired within the Turkish dominions within seventy years, from 1591 to 1660. Besides other incidents of importance, negotiations and treaties - friendly and commercial with foreign powers, the book includes the author's detailed account of all the wars, offensive and defensive, foreign and domestic, in which the Turks had been engaged during that period. Content: The Grand Vezír, Ferhád Páshá, Deposed, and the Vezírship Conferred on Síávush Páshá The Militia of Tabríz The Muftí Effendí, Bostánízádeh, Deposed, and Zekeríá Effendí Appointed in His Stead Disturbance on the Confines of Bosnia and Hungary—Movements of the Infidels News From the East Concerning Learned Men The Spáhís Create a Disturbance in the Diván The Grand Vezír, Síávush Páshá, Deposed A Rupture Betwixt the Ottomans and the Austrians The Grand Vezír, Sinán Páshá, Determines on Carrying the War Into Hungary The Enemy Advances to Belgrade Felk Falls Into the Hands of the Enemy The Faithless Are Chastised The Base and Ignoble Infidels Besiege Khutván The Siege of Osterghún The Request of the Prime Minister Yanuk Laid Siege to The Moslem Warriors Begin an Assault The Conquest of Yanuk Komran Laid Siege to The Waiwoda of Moldavia Rebels Concerning the Insurrection Occasioned by Michael, Waiwoda of Valachia Death of Sultán Murád III. The Late Emperor's Age—The Time of His Reign—Some of His Virtues and Good Deeds Described Vezírs Contemporary With Sultán Murád Khán Learned Men Contemporary With Sultán Murád Khán Reverend Doctors Contemporary With Murád Khán Facts Relative to the New Emperor, Sultán Mohammed Khán III. Ferhád Páshá Prepares to Set Out for Valachia Ferhád Arrives on the Banks of the Danube Ferhád is Deposed—Sinán Páshá Raised to the Premiership Sinán Páshá is Made Grand Vezír a Fifth Time Sinán Páshá's Death—Ibrahím Páshá is Made Grand Vezír …






















Staging the Ottoman Turk


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In the wake of the fear that gripped Europe after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, English dramatists, like their continental counterparts, began representing the Ottoman Turks in plays inspired by historical events. The Ottoman milieu as a dramatic setting provided English audiences with a common experience of fascination and fear of the Other. The stereotyping of the Turks in these plays—revolving around complex themes such as tyranny, captivity, war, and conquests—arose from their perception of Islam. The Ottomans' failure in the second siege of Vienna in 1683 led to the reversal of trends in the representation of the Turks on stage. As the ascending strength of a web of European alliances began to check Ottoman expansion, what then began to dazzle the aesthetic imagination of eighteenth century England was the sultan's seraglio with images of extravaganza and decadence. In this book, Esin Akalin draws upon a selective range of seventeenth and eighteenth century plays to reach an understanding, both from a non-European perspective and Western standpoint, how one culture represents the other through discourse, historiography, and drama. The book explores a cluster of issues revolving around identity and difference in terms of history, ideology, and the politics of representation. In contextualizing political, cultural, and intellectual roots in the ideology of representing the Ottoman/Muslim as the West’s Other, the author tackles with the questions of how history serves literature and to what extent literature creates history.




Bernard Quaritch


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