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Mikhail, Alan, 1979-
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Selim I, Sultan of the Turks, 1470-1520.
Ayşe Gülbahar Hatun, consort of Bayezid II, Sultan of the Turks, -1505.
Turkey -- History -- Selim I, 1512-1520.
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Mikhail, Alan, 1979-
Selim I, Sultan of the Turks, 1470-1520.
Ayşe Gülbahar Hatun, consort of Bayezid II, Sultan of the Turks, -1505.
Turkey -- History -- Selim I, 1512-1520.
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God's shadow :
Sultan
Selim, his Ottoman empire, and the making of the modern world / Alan Mikhail.
by
Mikhail, Alan, 1979-
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Call #:
956.015 M636g
Subjects
Selim I,
Sultan
of the
Turks
, 1470-1520.
Ayşe
Gülbahar
Hatun
,
consort
of
Bayezid
II
,
Sultan
of the
Turks
,
-1505
.
Turkey -- History -- Selim I, 1512-1520.
ISBN:
9781631492396 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Sultan
Selim, his Ottoman empire, and the making of the modern world
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 479 p. : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-455) and index.
Summary:
"Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the height of their authority in the sixteenth century, the Ottomans, with extraordinary military dominance and unparalleled monopolies over trade routes, controlled more territory and ruled over more people than any world power, forcing Europeans out of the Mediterranean and to the New World. Yet, despite its towering influence and centrality to the rise of our modern world, the Ottoman Empire’s history has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and even suppressed in the West. Now Alan Mikhail presents a vitally needed recasting of Ottoman history, retelling the story of the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of
Sultan
Selim I (1470–1520). Born to a concubine, and the fourth of his
sultan
father’s ten sons, Selim was never meant to inherit the throne. With personal charisma and military prowess -- as well as the guidance of his remarkably gifted mother,
Gülbahar
-- Selim claimed power over the empire in 1512 and, through ruthless ambition, nearly tripled the territory under Ottoman control, building a governing structure that lasted into the twentieth century. At the same time, Selim -- known by his subjects as "God’s Shadow on Earth" --fostered religious diversity, welcoming Jews among other minority populations into the empire; encouraged learning and philosophy; and penned his own verse. Drawing on previously unexamined sources from multiple languages, and with original maps and stunning illustrations, Mikhail’s game-changing account 'challenges readers to recalibrate their sense of history' (Leslie Peirce), adroitly using Selim’s life to upend prevailing shibboleths about Islamic history and jingoistic 'rise of the West' theories that have held sway for decades. Whether recasting Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the “Americas” as a bumbling attempt to slay Muslims or showing how the Ottomans allowed slaves to become the elite of society while Christian states at the very same time waged the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade, God’s Shadow radically reshapes our understanding of the importance of Selim’s Ottoman Empire in the history of the modern world."--From publisher.
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