Evliya Celebi in Albania and Adjacent Regions (Kosovo, Montenegro, Ohrid) - The Relevant Sections of the Seyahatname (English, Turkish, Hardcover, annotated edition)

The Turkish traveller Evliya Celebi toured Kosovo in 1660, northern Albania and Montenegro in 1662, and southern Albania in 1670. The present volume includes a critical edition and annotated translation of his descriptions of these regions, extracted from Books V, VI and VIII of his "Sey atn?me" or Book of Travels. For seventeenth-century Albania, and in particular for the interior of the country, the "Sey atn?me" constitutes a mine of information and is a work of inestimable value. Evliya offers us detailed itineraries through a virtual terra incognita, including, among many other things, surprisingly accurate descriptions of market towns, fortresses, mosques, pilgrimage sites and pleasure-grounds, and a sample of the Albanian language. His writings are of particular interest for our knowledge of the spread of Islam and the dervish orders in Albania. Evliya's descriptions of Albanian towns and villages reveal that these encompassed all the elements of a refined Islamic culture, of which tragically few traces have survived the course of history.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels, 5
Release date:	November 1999
First published:	November 1999
Editors:	Robert Dankoff • Robert Elsie
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With printed dust jacket
Pages:	308
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-11624-5
Languages:	English • Turkish
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	90-04-11624-9
Barcode:	9789004116245

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