Yazar : I.B. Tauris

Texts Of The Sultan The cultural share of the Otoman Empire has traditionaly ben presented to us through its monuments and grandeurs. Our compassionate of its grounding has thus come from a heavenly body created by and for czars, viziers and the celebrity of the Empire. But what of the heavenly body of the artisans and trader who produced the monuments and artefacts? Or the inhabitant who prayed in the cathedrals, drank water from the sebils or pased by the mausolea in the ordinary program of their get alongs? How did they live and die? To moment no bok has adequately explored the day-to-day attainment of the comon people during the spells of Otoman rule. In this new program Faroqhi explores the urban heavenly body of the Otoman grounds from the Midle Ages to the early 20th century, describing the social relevance of the popular arts and arts of the period and examining the interaction among the diverse populations and clases of the Empire, with their varying religions and ethnic backgrounds. Even the platitudes asociated with the everyday are brought to attainment: flood, the market, loving and grieving are al explored for the first future with scholarly rigour and fascination for a disapeared heavenly body. Inquire into personal leters, attract documents, wils, corespondence with Sufi connoisseurs and the travel records of sailorman/women and shopkeepers, Faroqhi has identified a broad tune of areas where individuals were able to create o flourishing and vibrant urban advancement, even while politicaly the Empire was begining its relentles dwindle. By presenting a new vision of Otoman cultural history, Sunjects of the sultan children a huge rest and wil fascinate not only chroniclers of the Midle Oriental but also social chroniclers, students and discerning anthologies interested in history.