The first of the modern Ottomans : the intellectual history of Ahmed Vasif /
This book explores intellectual life, politics and reform in the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire by studying statesman and historian Ahmed Vâsıf.
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| Language: | English |
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CAMBRIDGE UNIV Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover ; Half-title page; Reviews; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Note on the Text; Dramatis Personae; Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Out of the East: Early Life (ca. 1735-1768); 2 At War (1768-1774); 2.1 The Danubian Front, 1768-1771; 2.2 Failed Peace Efforts, 1772-1773; 2.3 The Shock of Defeat, 1773-1774; 3 Years of Faction and Reform (1774-1787); 3.1 Professional Eclipse, 1774-1779; 3.2 A Spokesman for Reform, 1779-1783; 3.3 The "Lesser of Two Evils," 1783-1784.
- 3.4 Collapse of the Reform Faction, 1784-17874 "Honorable Exile": In Spain (1787-1788); 4.1 On Foreign Shores, 1787; 4.2 Observing an Enlightened Court, 1787-1788; 5 At War (1788-1792); 5.1 Wartime Istanbul, 1788-1791; 5.2 The Danubian Front, 1791; 5.3 The Maçin Boycott, 1791; 5.4 "Blackguard" in the Provinces, 1791-1792; 6 Vâsıf and the New Order (1792-1800); 6.1 The View from Outside, 1792-1793; 6.2 "Charms and Truths," 1793-1794; 6.3 From Exile to Consolation, 1794-1798; 6.4 New Wars, New Rewards, 1798-1800; 7 The Height of Fame (1800-1806); 7.1 Reform and its Discontents, 1800-1802.
- 7.2 Rewriting the Past, 1802-18057.3 Chief Scribe, 1805-1806; Epilogue: Vâsıf as Ancient and Modern; 8.1 In Death and the Afterlife; 8.2 Vâsıf and Ottoman History; Appendix: On the Authorship of the Final Word to Refute the Rabble; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
