The North Caucasus Borderland : : Between Muscovy and the Ottoman Empire, 1555-1605 / / Murat Yasar.
Explores the role of the North Caucasus as the first borderland between the Ottoman and Russian Empires in the 16th centuryPresents an innovative, engaging and well-documented study of the North Caucasus and the process of the imperial rivalry that turned the region into a contested borderlandAddres...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies on the Ottoman Empire : ESOE
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 25 B/W illustrations 25 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Transliteration and Spelling of Terms and Names
- Introduction: Sources, Methodology and Terminology
- 1. The Land and Peoples of the North Caucasus in the Sixteenth Century: An Overview
- 2. Tracing the Milky Way: The North Caucasus and the Two Empires
- 3. Bargaining for the Milky Way: The Astrakhan Campaign and the North Caucasus Borderland
- 4. The Milky Way Fades: Post-Astrakhan Ottoman and Muscovite Strategies in the North Caucasus
- 5. The Milky Way Vanishes: The Denouement of the Ottoman–Muscovite Rivalry in the North Caucasus, 1605
- 6. Searching for the Milky Way: A Tale of Five Narts
- Conclusion: Imperial Entanglements and Borderlandisation of the North Caucasus
- Appendix I: Selected Ottoman Documents from Mühimme Registers
- Appendix II: Selected Muscovite Documents from Posol’skii Prikaz Records
- Appendix III: Glossary of Terms
- Appendix IV: Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index