Ottoman Studies / Osmanistische Studien

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While the Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk realm in 1516-17 doubtlessly changed the balance of political power in Egypt and Greater Syria, the changes must be seen as a wide-ranging transition process. The present collection of essays...

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Kitāb Dustūr al-gharāʾib wa-maʿdan al-raghāʾib...

This is the first publication of the official correspondence of the leading religious scholar and literary figure, Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Bakri al-Siddiqi al-Shafi‘i Sibt Al al-Hasan. It provides a window into the world of...

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Kitāb-ı Hedāyā

Dieser Band versammelt eine Reihe von Beiträgen aus der Forschung zum Raum zwischen Mitteleuropa und dem Iran von vorosmanischer Zeit bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Die Autorinnen und Autoren betrachten ein breites Spektrum an Themen. Dazu...

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Slaves and Slave Agency in the Ottoman Empire

Slaves and Slave Agency in the Ottoman Empire offers a new contribution to slavery studies relating to the Ottoman Empire. Given the fact that the classical binary of ‘slavery’ and ‘freedom’ derives from the transatlantic experience,...

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Lobgedichte und andere Gedichte des osmanischen...

Hulya Celik untersucht das Leben und einen Teil des Werkes des osmanischen Dichters Kesfi (gest. 1538–9) mithilfe von Informationen aus Dichterbiographien, den Werken des Dichters selbst, Archivdokumenten und anderen Primarquellen des...

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An Iridescent Device: Premodern Ottoman Poetry

Ten experts in premodern literature and history examine the style, genre, and performance of sixteenth century Ottoman poetry. A large number of poems, including a newly discovered imperial poem collection and the work of a poet fallen...

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Die osmanisch-türkische Frauenbewegung im...

Elife Biçer-Deveci interpretiert die Beziehungsgeschichte der internationalen Frauenbewegung in ihrer frühen Phase neu und rückt die Perspektive der osmanisch-türkischen Feministinnen in den Vordergrund. Sie beleuchtet damit...

Imagologie der Fremde

What kind of images and perceptions about the English would an Ottoman convey to readers in his descriptive accounts of his travels? And what conclusions would he infer about his own culture? This anonymous traveller visited England in...

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The Mamluk-Ottoman Transition

The essays discuss continuity and change in Bilād al Shām (Greater Syria) during the sixteenth century, examining to what extent Egypt and Greater Syria were affected by the transition from Mamluk to Ottoman rule. This is explored in a...

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