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Harem Ghosts - What One Cemetery Can Tell Us about the Ottoman Empire (Paperback) Loot Price: R736
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Harem Ghosts - What One Cemetery Can Tell Us about the Ottoman Empire (Paperback): Douglas Scott Brookes, Ali Ziyrek

Harem Ghosts - What One Cemetery Can Tell Us about the Ottoman Empire (Paperback)

Douglas Scott Brookes, Ali Ziyrek

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In vivid and engaging style, Douglas Brookes uses the royal tomb of Sultan Mahmud II as a window onto the past, exploring the insights the tomb reveals about Ottoman culture in its splendid last decades. Woven into the tale are the life stories of the Turkish royals and harem concubines interred in the mausoleum, and the illustrious Ottomans buried in the tomb's garden: the statesmen, admirals, generals, and palace eunuchs who ran the Ottoman Empire, but also the musicians, artists, and poets who shaped its cultural life. The first in-depth study of Istanbul's most prestigious burial ground, Harem Ghosts leads the reader through the enchanting site that began as the tomb for one monarch but evolved into the national pantheon of the Ottoman Empire - "the Ottoman Westminster Abbey" - at the heart of the city.

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Imprint: Markus Wiener Publishing Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2015
Authors: Douglas Scott Brookes • Ali Ziyrek
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 978-1-55876-611-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN: 1-55876-611-1
Barcode: 9781558766112

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