The Ottoman Empire 1300-1650: The Structure of Power

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This stimulating and ground-breaking book surveys the history of the Ottoman Empire from its obscure origins in the early 1300s through its rise to the status of a world power and its "times of trouble" in the seventeenth century. Drawing both on existing scholarship and research as well as original source materials The Ottoman Empire provides a preliminary narrative of key events and examines the internal structure and politics of the Ottoman dynasty revealing the growth and development of the power politics and institutions through which the Sultans ruled the Empire. The Ottoman Empire draws from a wealth of multi-lingual sources many of which are previously untranslated and presents a fresh view on one of the most important yet misunderstood Empires of the pre-modern age.