An Early Ottoman History The Oxford Anonymous Chronicle (Bodleian Library, Ms Marsh 313) Kastritsis, Dimitri J.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kastritsis, Dimitri J, author.

Series:

Translated texts for Byzantinists ; 5.

Translated Texts for Byzantinists ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology and history.

Ancient, classical & medieval texts.

Local Subjects:

Ancient, classical & medieval texts.

Physical Description:

Online resource (272 pages).

Place of Publication:

4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool L69 7ZU : Liverpool University Press, 2017.

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text file

Summary:

The manuscript translated here contains one of the most important texts for understanding the development of early Ottoman historiography in the fifteenth century. The so-called Oxford Anonymous chronicle is a comprehensive history of the Ottoman dynasty in Turkish, compiled from various sources to tell the story of the dynasty from its rise to the year 1484 (AH 889). Like several other histories produced around the same time, some of which it influenced, it presents the Ottomans in the context of wider Islamic history and contains a coherent argument for their superiority over other dynasties. The manuscript had previously belonged to the Dutch orientalist Jacob Golius (d. 1667). Although its history is largely unknown, it was probably a presentation copy made for Sultan Bayezid II (r. 1481-1512). The work itself is a product of Bayezid's patronage, and shows a strong preoccupation with the perennial Ottoman problem of dynastic succession. Fully one third of the manuscript contains... Publisher description

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ISBN:

9781802070996

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