Another Mirror for Princes : : The Public Image of the Ottoman Sultans and Its Reception / / Suraiya Faroqhi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Faroqhi, Suraiya,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Analecta Isisiana: Ottoman and Turkish Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (298 p.)

This book is a collection of essays on Ottoman history, focusing on how sultans of the Ottoman Empire were viewed by the public.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction -- The Ottoman Empire In World History: What The Archives Can Tell Us -- Legitimizing the sultan and his empire -- Presenting The Sultans' Power, Glory And Piety: A Comparative Perspective -- Exotic Animals At The Sultans' Court -- Relating To The Outside World -- Ottoman Views On Corsairs And Piracy In The Adriatic -- Before 1600: Ottoman Attitudes Towards Merchants From Latin Christendom -- Negotiating A Festivity In The Eighteenth Century: Ibrahim Paşa And The Marquis De Bonnac, 1720 -- An Ottoman Ambassador In Iran: Durri Ahmed Efendi And The Collapse Of The Safavid Empire In 1720-21 -- Outsiders On Ottoman Territory And Ottomans Abroad: Prisoners, Slaves And Merchants -- A Prisoner Of War Reports: The Camp And Household Of Grand Vizier Kara Mustafa In An Eyewitness Account -- Trying To Avoid Enslavement: The Adventures Of An Iranian Subject In Eighteenth-Century Anatolia -- Bosnian Merchants In The Adriatic -- The Ottomans And The Trade Routes Of The Adriatic -- Bibliography -- Index