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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Muwayliḥī Ibrāhīm -1906
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| Titolo: |
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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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2008 |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 949.61/8015 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Istanbul (Turkey) Description and travel |
| Turkey History 1878-1909 | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | AllenRoger <1942-> |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <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 Hunalik</i>, the text was ordered to be banned and burned by the Sultan's representatives in Cairo. The ban was carried out, but a few copies survived, one of which has been used f |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Spies, scandals, and sultans |
| ISBN: | 1-4616-4347-3 |
| 0-7425-6217-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809014403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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New Dialogues in Philosophy