In his huge travel account, Evliya Celebi provides materials for getting at Ottoman perceptions of the world, not only in areas like geography, topography, administration, urban institutions, and social and economic systems, but also in such domains as religion, folklore, sexual relations, dream int
An Ottoman Mentality: The World of Evliya Celebi
✍ Scribed by Robert Dankoff
- Publisher
- Brill
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 305
- Series
- Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage 31
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Category
- Library
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