|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910136587503321 |
|
|
Autore |
Junne George H. |
|
|
Titolo |
The black eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire : networks of power in the court of the sultan / / George Junne |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
9780857728937 |
0857728938 |
9781350988507 |
1350988502 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[First edition.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (348 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
Library of Ottoman studies ; ; 55 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Africans - Turkey - History |
Black people - Turkey - History |
Eunuchs - Turkey |
Slavery - Turkey - History |
Enslaved persons - Turkey - History |
Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Front cover; Author biography; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Enslaved Africans as Eunuchs in Africa and Europe; 2. Eunuchs and the Byzantine World; 3. Eunuchs and the Muslim Slave Trade; 4. Slavery and the Ottomans; 5. Black Eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire; 6. The Power of the Chief Black Eunuchs; 7. Religious Responsibilities of the Kizlar Ağa; 8. Personal Descriptions of the Chief Black Eunuchs; 9. Personal Lives of the Chief Black Eunuchs; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
"The Chief Black Eunuch, appointed personally by the Sultan, had both the ear of the leader of a vast Islamic Empire and held power over a network of spies and informers, including eunuchs and slaves throughout Constantinople and beyond. The story of these remarkable |
|
|
|
|