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This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of the first edition of the Arabic version of Dimitrie Cantemir’s The Divan or the Sage’s Dispute with the World (Ṣalāḥ al-ḥakīm wa-fasād al-ʿālam al-ḏamīm) (Iaşi, 1698), his first printed book, the earliest ethical treatise in Romanian literature and a testimony to his wide knowledge, reading, and proficiency in foreign languages. Completed in 1705 by Athanasius III Dabbās, Patriarch of the Antiochian Church (1684-1694, 1720-1724), the Arabic text is accompanied by the first translation into a modern language, English. Book III contains Cantemir’s version of the Latin work Stimuli virtutum, fraena peccatorum (Amsterdam, 1682) by the Unitarian Andzrej Wiszowaty (Andreas Wissovatius) of Raków (Poland), a chief representative of the Polish Brethren. Thus, in the space of twenty-three years Central-European Protestant ideas reached the Arab Christians of Ottoman Syria, by way of Greek and Arabic.
Foreword ... 9 Introduction ... 15 The Tradition of the Histories of the Ottoman Empire 21 A Possible Evolution ... 31 Historical Controversies . ... 45 Dimitrie Cantemir - Paul Rycaut: Interferences ... 55 About Djafr ... 65 Islamic Theology in Cantemir's Writings ... 71 Anecdotica in the History of the Othman Empire ... 81 Conclusion ... 105 Appendix: The History of the Othman Empire in Romanian Criticism .. 109 Bibliography ... 125 Index of Names ... 133.
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The substantial collection of notations of seventeenth-century Ottoman instrumental music made by Demetrius Cantemir is both a record of compositions of considerable intrinsic interest and a historical document of vital importance, representing as it does one of the most comprehensive accounts of any Middle Eastern repertoire before the widespread adoption of Western notation in the twentieth century. This volume contains a commentary to the edition of Cantemir's notations prepared by the same author. The introductory section provides a context for the collection, giving a biographical sketch of its compiler and relating it to the theoretical treatise it accompanies. This is followed by a su...
An edition of MS. Y.2768 in the Türkiyat Enstitüsü, Istanbul, containing instrumental music collected in Turkey in the second half of the 17th century by prince Demetrius Cantemir.