Death and Life in the Ottoman Palace : : Revelations of the Sultan Abdülhamid I Tomb / / Douglas Scott Brookes.
Delves into a royal tomb in order to expand our understanding of Ottoman palace culturePresents the first book to explore the Sultan Abdülhamid I Tomb in Istanbul – also known as the Hamidiye Tomb ComplexUnveils the lives of the 86 men, women and children of the Ottoman palace buried thereDraws on a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 81 B/W illustrations 16 colour illustrations 81 b&w images, 16 colour images, 5 b&w maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Language and Transliteration
- Map 1 Istanbul around 1860
- Map 2 The Hamidiye Tomb complex
- Map 3 Burial plots in the mausoleum
- Map 4 Burial plots in the side graveyard
- Map 5 Burial plots in the forecourt graveyard
- Introduction: Mansion of the Heavens
- Chapter 1 The Makings of a Royal Graveyard: Abdülhamid I and the Iconography of Sultanic Tombs
- Chapter 2 A Tomb in Town: The Design and Operation of a Royal Mausoleum
- Chapter 3 Presenting the Imperial Family: The Birth, Death, and Survival of Royal Children
- Chapter 4 The Men and Boys in the Garden: Courtiers, Eunuchs, and the Palace Milieu
- Chapter 5 The Women in the Garden: The Female World of the Imperial Harem
- Conclusion: Benevolence in Stone
- Appendix A: Burials in the Mausoleum
- Appendix B: Burials of Men and Boys in the Garden Graveyard
- Appendix C: Burials of Women in the Garden Graveyard
- Appendix D: The Epitaphs in the Garden Graveyard
- Glossary
- Glossary
- Index