Index. Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Subversive jokes featuring a folk hero / Nasreddin Hoca jokes, sixteenth century ; translated by Kathleen Burrill -- 2. Adversities at sea : from Basra to Gujarat, 1554 / Seydi Ali Reis, d. 1562 ; translated by Armin Vambery -- 3. Memoirs of an Ottoman captive in Malta, 1597-98 / Macuncuzade Mustafa, d. ca early seventeenth century ; translated by Helga Anetshofer -- 4. The excommunication of a Greek Orthodox priest, ca. 1642 / Synadinos of Serres, d. after 1662 ; translated by Konrad Petrovszky -- 5. Dream letters of a Sufi woman in Skopje, 1640s / Asiye Hatun, d. second half of seventeenth century ; translated by Leslie Schick and Cemal Kafadar -- 6. Diary of a Sufi sheikh in plague-ridden Istanbul, 1661 / Seyyid Hasan Nuri, d. 1688 ; Translated by Mary Isʹin -- 7. Ramblings of an eccentric Sufi exiled on Limnos, ca. early 1680s / Niyazi-i M♯łsri, d. 1567 ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke and Ferenc Csirkes -- 8. Adventures of an Ottoman officer in captivity, 1690–99 / Osman Agha of Timisʹoara, written ca. 1724 ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke -- 9. The trial of a heretic, 1527 / Told by Celalzade Mustafa, d. 1567 ; translated by Kaya Sʹahin and Cornell H. Fleischer -- 10. The life and works of two mediocre poets / Told by Asʹ♯łk Cʹelebi, d. 1572 ; translated by Douglas Brookes -- 11. The extraordinary life story of a scholar / Told by Mehmed Mecdi, d. 1591 ; translated by Helga Anetshofer -- 12. On servants and slaves / Mustafa Ali, d. 1600 ; translated by Douglas Brookes -- 13. Children and youth / Court records, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; selected by Yahya Araz ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke -- 14. Women at courts of law / Court records, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke and N. Ipek Huner Cora -- 15. Prostitutes and pimps / Court records and imperial council registers, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; translated by Marinos Sariyannis -- 16. On nocturnal activities / Court records, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke -- 17. Impostors, frauds, and spies / Various documents, sixteenth century ; translated by Christopher Markiewicz -- 18. The madmen of Istanbul / Evliya Cʹelebi, d. after 1683 ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke -- 19. Fetvas on non-Muslims / Various Grand Muftis, sixteenth to early eighteenth century ; translated by Cornell Fleischer and Amir A. Toft -- 20. Conversion among Ottoman Jews / Responsa by various Rabbis, sixteenth century ; translated by Matt Goldish -- 21. Marriage and divorce among Ottoman Jews / Responsa by various Rabbis, seventeenth century ; translated by Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky -- 22. News from Istanbul at the turn of the seventeenth century / The Chronicle of Selaniki ; translated by H. Erdem Cʹ♯łpa -- 23. Propagating the faith in Constantinople / Catholic missionary reports, seventeenth century ; translated by Paolo Girardelli -- 24. An Armenian chronicle of Crimea / Khachatur of Kaffa, d. 1658 ; translated by Naira Poghosyan -- 25. On revenants and ghosts / Various documents, sixteenth century ; translated by Marinos Sariyannis -- 26. Miracles of an Anatolian Sufi saint / The hagiography of Hac♯ł Bektasʹ, ca. late fifteenth century ; translated by Helga Anetshofer -- 27. A dispute concerning Sufi tombs, 1619 / Omer Fuadi, d. 1636 ; translated by John Curry -- 28. Preserving public health / Court records and imperial council registers, late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ; translated by Amir A. Toft -- 29. Traditional medicine for everyday ailments / Anonymous, late fifteenth century ; translated by Ozgen Felek -- 30. Snake medicine and snake charming in Cairo / Evliya Cʹelebi, d. after 1683 ; translated by Robert Dankoff and Sooyong Kim -- 31. On smoking tobacco / Abdulmalik al-Isami, d. 1628; Katib Cʹelebi, d. 1657 ; translated by Basil Salem and Geoffrey Lewis -- 32. Divining past, present, and future in the sand / A geomantic miscellany, ca. sixteenth century ; translated by Matthew Melvin-Koushki -- 33. Reading character by appearance / The book of physiognomy, Hamdullah Hamdi, d. 1503 ; translated by Helga Anetshofer and Hakan T. Karateke -- 34. Religious guidance for hunters / Ebu Bekr el-K♯łz♯łlhisari, ca. late seventeenth century ; translated by Christopher Markiewicz -- 35. Cultivating the land / The splendor of the garden, sixteenth century ; translated by Hakan T. Karateke -- 36. Wonders of art and nature / Anonymous, sixteenth century ; translated by Ido Ben-Ami -- 37. On the natural advantages of edirne / Anonymous, late fifteenth to early sixteenth century ; translated by Amy Singer -- 38. The legend of the construction of Constantinople / Anonymous, sixteenth century ; translated by Dimitris J. Kastritsis -- 39. On the construction of the pyramids, ca. 1545 / Celalzade Salih, d. 1565 ; translated by Giancarlo Casale -- 40. An ode to Istanbul / Eremia Keomurchean Cʹelebi, d. 1695 ; translated by Henry Shapiro -- 41. Passion and murder on the Bosphorus / Anonymous T♯łfli story, probably in circulation during the later seventeenth century ; translated by Helga Anetshofer -- 42. Stories of guilt and repentance / Mehmed Nergisi, d. 1635 ; translated by Gisela Prochazka-Eisl -- 43. The wiles of women / Anonymous, sixteenth to seventeenth centuries ; translated by N. Ipek Huner Cora and Helga Anetshofer -- 44. Social criticism and invective in poetry / Various poets, fifteenth to seventeenth centuries ; translated by Sooyong Kim -- 45. Shrewd witticisms by a master poet / Zati’s anecdotes, sixteenth century ; translated by Helga Anetshofer -- 46. Subversive jokes featuring a folk hero / Nasreddin Hoca jokes, sixteenth century ; translated by Kathleen Burrill -- Index.
Summary:
The Ottoman lands, which comprised a geography extending from modern Hungary to the Arabian peninsula, were home to a vast population with a rich variety of cultures. This is a primary source reader designed to reflect a wide and diverse set of voices across Ottoman society and bring them into the classroom. Written in many languages - not only Ottoman Turkish, but also Arabic, Armenian, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, and Persian - these texts span the extent of the early modern Ottoman empire, from the 1450s to 1700. Instructors are supplied with narratives conveying the lived experiences of individuals through texts that highlight human variety and accelerate a trend away from the "state-centric" approach to Ottoman history. In addition, samples from court registers, legends, biographical accounts, hagiographies, short stories, witty anecdotes, jokes, and lampoons provide us with exciting glimpses into popular mindsets in Ottoman society. -- Provided by publisher.
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