Writing History at the Ottoman Court : Editing the Past, Fashioning the Future.
Title:
Writing History at the Ottoman Court : Editing the Past, Fashioning the Future.
Author:
Cipa, H. Erdem.
ISBN:
9780253008749
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (200 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Historical Epic Ahvāl-i Sultān Mehemmed (The Tales of Sultan Mehmed) in the Context of Early Ottoman Historiography \ Dimitris Kastritsis -- 2 The Memory of the Mongols in Early Ottoman Historiography \ Baki Tezcan -- 3 Imperialism, Bureaucratic Consciousness, and the Historian's Craft: A Reading of Celālzāde Muṡṫafā's Ṫabak˙ātüʼl-Memālik ve Derecātüʼl-Mesālik \ Kaya Şahin -- 4 Conversion and Converts to Islam in Ottoman Historiography of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries \ Tijana Krstić -- 5 Seeing the Past: Maps and Ottoman Historical Consciousness \ Giancarlo Casale -- 6 From Adam to Süleyman: Visual Representations of Authority in ʻĀrif's Shāhnāma-yi Āl-i ʻOsmān \ Fatma Sinem Eryılmaz -- 7 The Challenge of Periodization: New Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Historiography \ Hakan T. Karateke -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Ottoman historical writing of the 15th and 16th centuries played a significant role in fashioning Ottoman identity and institutionalizing the dynastic state structure during this period of rapid imperial expansion. This volume shows how the writing of history achieved these effects by examining the implicit messages conveyed by the texts and illustrations of key manuscripts. It answers such questions as how the Ottomans understood themselves within their court and in relation to non-Ottoman others; how they visualized the ideal ruler; how they defined their culture and place in the world; and what the significance of Islam was in their self-definition.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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