EVLİYA ÇELEBİ IN MEDINA

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• Publisher: BRİLL
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Evliya Çelebi, the famous Ottoman traveller of the seventeenth century, visited many countries under the sovereignity of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, Asia and Africa, including Mecca and Medina. This book offers a critical edition of the section from Evliya's Travels about Medina. It includes first-hand information on the administrative, historical, cultural, traditional and structure of the city, and on everyday life in Medina during seventeenth century. Evliya Çelebi provides the readers with valuable information not only on the city itself, but also in its environs. This book offers a transliteration of the revelant passages on the basis of several Ottoman manuscripts, as well as an English translation made by Robert Dankoff.