For an assessment and summary of ibn battutas travels, see dunn 1989. Gullivers travels is prose satire by jonathan swift that was first published in 1726. Suleiman was born in trabzon along the east coast of the black sea to sehzade selim later selim i, probably on 6 november 1494, although this date is not known with absolute certainty. Summary read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Both his parents were attached to the ottoman court, his father, dervis mehmed zilli, as a jeweller, and his mother as an abkhazian relation of the grand vizier melek ahmed pasha. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. The hardcover of the the intimate life of an ottoman statesman, melek ahmed pasha 15881662.
Evilya celebi book of travel s is the worlds first real virtual exhibition, and it happened above a public library in east london. Analysis of evliya celebis book of travels in terms of. Selections from the book of travels of evliya celebi. Celebis writings provide a fascinating and unmatched picture of his world, and this volume finally makes his journeys available to an englishspeaking audience. The result of these travels was his masterwork, the seyahatname 18981939. He says he slipped out of every difficulty in his adventurous life with ease because of. At the age of seven, suleiman was sent to study science, history, literature, theology and military tactics in the schools. It is also a vast panorama of the ottoman world in the midseventeenth century. The book of travels seyahatname of evliya celebi occupies a unique place in the literature of travel.
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Brill leiden boston 2006 this book is printed on acidfree paper. In his book, evliya celebi traces his paternal genealogy back to khoja akhmet yassawi, an early sufi mystic. Evliya celebi was born on the 25th of february 1611 in istanbul. His mother was hafsa sultan, a convert to islam of unknown origins, who died in 1534. Robert dankoff has culled passages from evliya celebis book of travels that deal directly with the life and times of celebis patron, melek ahmed pasha, an outstanding seventeenthcentury military and administrative leader. He gives an extensive summary of the history of jerusalem and the. Land and people of the ottoman empire in the seventeenth century see above include english or german translations. Dervis mehmed zilli 25 march 1611 1682, known as evliya celebi ottoman turkish.
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