The Turks in Egypt and their cultural legacy : an analytical study of the Turkish printed patrimony in Egypt from the time of Muhammad 'Ali with annotated bibliographies / / Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu ; translated by Humphrey Davis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453844203321
• Autore: İhsanoğlu Ekmeleddin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cairo ; ; New York : , : The American University in Cairo Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-61797-105-7; 1-61797-349-1; 1-61797-492-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (489 p.)
• Disciplina: 300; 900
• Soggetti: Turkish imprints - Egypt; Turkish periodicals - Egypt; Publishers and publishing - Egypt - History; Turks - Egypt - History; Turks - Egypt - Intellectual life; Turkish language - Egypt - History; Electronic books.; Egypt Intellectual life; Egypt Civilization Turkish influences; Egypt Relations Turkey; Turkey Relations Egypt
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published in 2006 in Turkish as Mısır'da Türkler ve kültürel mirasları ... and in Arabic as al-Atrāk fī Miṣr wa-turāthuhum al-thaqāfī ... this English edition translated from the Arabic"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 9789774163975; 9789774163975; Inside Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; Author's Acknowledgments for the English Edition; Foreword to the English Edition; Translator's Note; About This Book; Introduction; Abbreviations Used in This Book; PART ONE; PART TWO; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Though Egypt was ruled by Turkish-speakers through most of the ; period from the ninth century until 1952, the impact of Turkish culture there remains under-studied. This book deals with the period from 1805 to 1952, during which Turkish cultural patterns, spread through reforms based on those of Istanbul, may have touched more Egyptians than ever before. An examination of the books, newspapers, and other written materials produced in Turkish, including translations, and of the presses involved, reveals the rise and decline of Turkish culture in government, the military, education, literature, m