Caught in a whirlwind : a cultural history of Ottoman Baghdad as reflected in its illustrated manuscripts /

Caught in a Whirlwind: A Cultural History of Ottoman Baghdad as Reflected in its Illustrated Manuscripts focuses on a period of great artistic vitality in the region of Baghdad, a frontier area that was caught between the rival Ottoman and the Safavid empires. In the period following the peace treat...

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Main Author: Taner, Melis (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: The Iberian Religious World; volume6.

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Call Number: ND3239.I72

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Uncertain Loyalties
  • Two Governors, Two Paths to Power
  • From the Capital to the Province
  • The Garden of the Blessed
  • Between the Ottomans and the Safavids: The Ankara Genealogy
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Back Matter
  • Illustrated Manuscripts Attributed to Baghdad
  • Bibliography
  • Index.