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| Title: | Rulers of the Ottoman Empire
: The Sultans of the Osman Gazi Dynasty |
| Series: | (Heritage Series) |
| Author: | Svetlozara Kostove |
| ISBN: | 9544743294 : 9789544743291 |
| Illustrations: | colour illus |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 235x330mm |
| Pages: | 120 |
| Weight: | .991 Kg. |
| Published: | Kibea Publishing Company - December 2004 |
| List Price: | 25 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | European history (not UK & Eire): Political leaders & leadership: Turkey |
This illustrated volume presents the portraits of the thirty-six rulers of the Ottoman Empire, from Osman I Gazi to Mehmet VI. The tale of their lives and of the major events during their rule follows the development of a small border principality into a powerful empire spreading over three continents, incorporating in its heyday an immense territory and a wide variety of peoples, to pass through its long and painful disintegration and come to its inevitable collapse in the early 20th century. What kind of people were the sultans? What did they look like? How did they act as statesmen and in their private life? What were their merits and vices? How did they become all-powerful lords or mere toys in the hands of their advisors? The unbiased tale of the life of these persons who bore the burden of power is effectively the history of the Ottoman Empire -- pathetic and proud, cruel and genuine, with its ups and downs, entwining the fate of many peoples and nations and leaving an indelible if ambiguous mark in the annals of humankind.
The Genealogy of the Ottoman Dynasty; Introduction; Historical Background; Osman Gazi (1299-1326); Orhan Gazi (1326-1362); Murat I Hüdavendigar (1362-1389); Bayezid I Yildirim (1389-1402); Mehmet (1413-1421); Murat II (1421-1444 & 1446-1451); Mehmet II Fatih (1444-1446 & 1451-1481); Bayezid II Velî (1481-1512); Selim I Yavuz (1512-1520); Süleyman I Kanunî (1520-1566); Selim II (1566-1574); Murat III (1574-1595); Mehmet III (1595-1603); Ahmet I (1603-1617); Mustafa I (1617-1618 & 1622-1623); Osman II Genç (1618-1622); Murat IV (1623-1640); Ibrahim I Deli (1640-1648); Mehmet Iv Avci (1648-1687); Süleyman II (1687-1691); Ahmet II (1691-1695); Mustafa II (1695-1703); Ahmet III (1703-1730); Mahmut I (1730-1754); Osman III (1754-1757); Mustafa III (1757-1774); Abdülhamit I (1774-1789); Selim III (1789-1807); Mustafa IV (1807-1808); Mahmut II (1808-1839); Abdülmecit (1839-1861); Abdülaziz (1861-1876); Murat V (1876); Abdülhamit II (1876-1909); Mehmet V Re¿At (1909-1918); Mehmet VI Vahdettin (1918-1922); Epilogue; Glossary.
