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Suleiman the magnificent : a life from beginning to end. by Hourly HistoryPublication Date: 2017-09-13
Suleiman the Magnificent, tenth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, may be an unfamiliar figure to many today. But in the sixteenth century, his military campaigns played a huge role in the shifting face of European politics. He was a man in search of power-his quest carried him not only to daring military exploits in Europe and Asia, but also through the intricate web of the Ottoman court, where deceit, scheming, and treachery abounded.
Contested conversions to Islam : narratives of religious change in the early modern Ottoman Empire by Tijana KrsticPublication Date: 2011-05-13
This book explores how Ottoman Muslims and Christians understood the phenomenon of conversion to Islam from the 15th to the 17th centuries. The Ottomans ruled over a large non-Muslim population and conversion to Islam was a contentious subject for all communities, especially Muslims themselves. Ottoman Muslim and Christian authors sought to define the boundaries and membership of their communities while promoting their own religious and political agendas.
Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World: the roots of sectarianism by Bruce Alan MastersPublication Date: 2001-08-06
Masters explores the history of Christians and Jews in the Ottoman empire and how their identities as non-Muslims evolved over 400. In the 16th century, social community was circumscribed by religious identity and non-Muslims lived within the hierarchy established by Muslim law. In the 19th century, however, in response to Western influences, a radical change took place. Conflict erupted between Muslims and Christians in different parts of the empire in a challenge to that hierarchy. This marked the beginning of the tensions which have inspired the nationalist and religious rhetoric throughout the twentieth century.
Ottoman Sunnism : new perspectives by Vefa Erginbaş (editor)Publication Date: 2019
Addressing the contested nature of Ottoman Sunnism from the 14th to the early 20th century, this book draws on diverse perspectives across the empire. Closely reading intellectual, social and mystical traditions within the empire, it clarifies the possibilities that existed within Ottoman Sunnism, presenting it as a complex, nuanced and evolving concept. The authors in this volume rescue Ottoman Sunnism from an increasingly bipolar definition that seeks to present the Ottomans as enshrining a clearly defined orthodoxy, suppressing its contrasting heterodoxy.
Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab world : the roots of sectarianism by Bruce Alan MastersPublication Date: 2001-08-06
Masters explores the history of Christians and Jews in the Ottoman empire and how their identities as non-Muslims evolved over 400. In the 16th century, social community was circumscribed by religious identity and non-Muslims lived within the hierarchy established by Muslim law. In the 19th century, however, in response to Western influences, a radical change took place. Conflict erupted between Muslims and Christians in different parts of the empire in a challenge to that hierarchy. This marked the beginning of the tensions which have inspired the nationalist and religious rhetoric throughout the twentieth century.
Contested conversions to Islam : narratives of religious change in the early modern Ottoman Empire by Tijana KrsticPublication Date: 2011-05-13
This book explores how Ottoman Muslims and Christians understood the phenomenon of conversion to Islam from the 15th to the 17th centuries. The Ottomans ruled over a large non-Muslim population and conversion to Islam was a contentious subject for all communities, especially Muslims themselves. Ottoman Muslim and Christian authors sought to define the boundaries and membership of their communities while promoting their own religious and political agendas.
Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals by Douglas E. StreusandISBN: 9780813391946
Publication Date: 2010-10-05
Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides a comparative examination of Islam's three greatest empires--the Ottomans (centered in what is now Turkey), the Safavids (in modern Iran), and the Mughals (ruling the Indian subcontinent). Author Douglas Streusand explains the origins of the three empires; compares the ideological, institutional, military, and economic contributors to their success; and analyzes the causes of their rise, expansion, and ultimate transformation and decline.
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Suleiman the magnificent : a life from beginning to end. by 
Contested conversions to Islam : narratives of religious change in the early modern Ottoman Empire by 
Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World: the roots of sectarianism by 
Ottoman Sunnism : new perspectives by 
The Transformation of Muslim Mystical Thought in the Ottoman Empire: the rise of the Halveti order, 1350-1650 by 
Islamic Gunpowder Empires: Ottomans, Safavids, and Mughals by