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Muwayliḥī Ibrāhīm -1906 |
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Spies, scandals, and sultans : Istanbul in the twilight of the Ottoman Empire : the first English translation of Egyptian Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi's Ma hanalik / / Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi ; translated and introduced by Roger Allen |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
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©2008 |
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1-4616-4347-3 |
0-7425-6217-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Collana |
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New Dialogues in Philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Istanbul (Turkey) Description and travel |
Turkey History 1878-1909 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
14 Writing Ma Hunalik15 The Sultan; 16 Deposition of Sultans; Glossary; Index; About the Translator |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<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. Originally published as a series of newspaper articles in the mid-1890s, and then as a book entitled <i>Ma |
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