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Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire
Presents a comprehensive A-to-Z reference to the empire that once encompassed large parts of the modern-day Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe.
Suleiman the Magnificent 1520-1566
This early work on Suleiman the Magnificent is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the life of a sixteenth century Sultan and is a fascinating work thoroughly recommended anyone interested in the history of the Ottoman Empire. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Süleyman Cihan
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DEVLET-İ ALİYYE’DEN GÜNÜMÜZE HAT SANATI
Ayrıntılı Bilgi: İslâm sanatları arasında özel bir yeri olan Hüsn-i hat, zaman içerisinde gelişme göstererek tarihteki yerini almıştır. Elinizdeki kitapta bu tarihi seyri göreceksiniz. Ayrıca meraklısı için yazı sanatı ve malzemeleri, yazı sanatının öncü hattatlarıyla ilgili gerekli bilgi verilmiştir. Dipnotlarda ve bibliyografyada yer alan eserler, ilgilisini bu konuda gerekli yerlere yönlendirecektir. Kitapta, tarih boyunca ortaya konulmuş yazı sanatının güzel örnekleri yanında günümüz hattatlarından da bir demet sunulmuştur. Bundan başka hat sanatının öğretiminde elzem olan Rik’a meşkleri, Hattat Mustafa Halim Özyazıcı’nın kaleminden verilmiştir. Sülüs-Nesih yazının zirve ismi Mehmed Şevki Efendi’nin meşkleri yanı sıra Celî Sülüs yazının klasikleri arasında sayılan Hattat Sâmi Efendi’nin Yenî Cami Sebîli kalıpları bu kitapta yer almaktadır. Bu yönüyle bu eser Hüsn-ü hat meraklılarının başucu kitabı olacaktır.
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations (2 vols.)
Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations: Sources from the Ottoman Archives, is a product of meticulous study of İsmail Hakkı Kadı, A.C.S. Peacock and other contributors on historical documents from the Ottoman archives. The work contains documents in Ottoman-Turkish, Malay, Arabic, French, English, Tausug, Burmese and Thai languages, each introduced by an expert in the language and history of the related country. The work contains documents hitherto unknown to historians as well as others that have been unearthed before but remained confined to the use of limited scholars who had access to the Ottoman archives. The resources published in this study show that the Ottoman Empire was an active actor within the context of Southeast Asian experience with Western colonialism. The fact that the extensive literature on this experience made limited use of Ottoman source materials indicates the crucial importance of this publication for future innovative research in the field. Contributors are: Giancarlo Casale, Annabel Teh Gallop, Rıfat Günalan, Patricia Herbert, Jana Igunma, Midori Kawashima, Abraham Sakili and Michael Talbot
Life after the Harem
The first study exploring the lives of female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court, drawing from hitherto unexplored primary sources
A History of Ottoman Political Thought up to the Early Nineteenth Century
In A History of Ottoman Political Thought up to the Early Nineteenth Century, Marinos Sariyannis offers a survey of Ottoman political texts, examined in a book-length study for the first time. From the last glimpses of gazi ideology and the first instances of Persian political philosophy in the fifteenth century until the apologists of Western-style military reform in the early nineteenth century, the author studies a multitude of theories and views, focusing on an identification of ideological trends rather than a simple enumeration of texts and authors. At the same time, the book offers analytical summaries of texts otherwise difficult to find in English.
The Topkapi Scroll
Since precious few architectural drawings and no theoretical treatises on architecture remain from the premodern Islamic world, the Timurid pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapi Palace Museum Library is an exceedingly rich and valuable source of information. In the course of her in-depth analysis of this scroll dating from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, Gülru Necipoğlu throws new light on the conceptualization, recording, and transmission of architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. Her text has particularly far-reaching implications for recent discussions on vision, subjectivity, and the semiotics of abstract representat...
The Stupidity Paradox
Functional stupidity can be catastrophic. It can cause organisational collapse, financial meltdown and technical disaster. And there are countless, more everyday examples of organisations accepting the dubious, the absurd and the downright idiotic, from unsustainable management fads to the cult of leadership or an over-reliance on brand and image. And yet a dose of stupidity can be useful and produce good, short-term results: it can nurture harmony, encourage people to get on with the job and drive success. This is the stupidity paradox. The Stupidity Paradox tackles head-on the pros and cons of functional stupidity. You'll discover what makes a workplace mindless, why being stupid might be a good thing in the short term but a disaster in the longer term, and how to make your workplace a little less stupid by challenging thoughtless conformity. It shows how harmony and action in the workplace can be balanced with a culture of questioning and challenge. The book is a wake-up call for smart organisations and smarter people. It encourages us to use our intelligence fully for the sake of personal satisfaction, organisational success and the flourishing of society as a whole.
