The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662) - As Portrayed in Evliya Çelebi's Book of Travels (Seyahâtnâme)

Highlights the private side of this public figure-his weaknesses as well as his heroics; his religious life and domestic affairs.

About the author

Robert Dankoff is Professor of Turkish at the University of Chicago. Rhoads Murphey is Associate Professor of Ottoman History at Columbia University.

Product details

• Authors: Evliya
• Assisted by: Murphy Rhoads (Introduction), Robert Dankoff (Translation), Dankoff Robert (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.1991
• EAN: 9780791406410
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0641-0
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 381 g
• Series: Suny Series in Public Administ; Suny Medieval Middle East Hist
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700