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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786877503321

Titolo

Writing history at the Ottoman court [[electronic resource] ] : editing the past, fashioning the future / / edited by H. Erdem Çıpa and Emine Fetvacı

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-253-00874-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (200 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ÇıpaH. Erdem <1971->

FetvaciEmine

Disciplina

956/.015072

Soggetti

Turkey Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Note on transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The historical epic Aḥval-i Sulṭan Meḥemmed (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 Celalzade Muṣṭafa's Ṭabaḳatü'l-Memalik ve Derecatü'l-Mesalik / Kaya Sahin -- 4. Conversion and Converts to Islam in Ottoman Historiography of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries / Tijana Krstic -- 5. Seeing the Past: Maps and Ottoman Historical Consciousness / Giancarlo Casale -- 6. From Adam to Süleyman: Visual Representations of Authority in ʻArif's Shahnama-yi Al-i ʻOs̲man / Fatma Sinem Eryilmaz -- 7. The Challenge of Periodization: New Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Historiography / Hakan T. Karateke -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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; a