Spies, scandals, and sultans : Istanbul in the twilight of the Ottoman Empire : the first English translation of Egyptian Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi's Ma hanalik / Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi ; translated and introduced by Roger Allen.

Author/creator Muwayliḥī, Ibrāhīm
Other author Allen, Roger, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 185 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleMā hunālika. English
Contents A note on transliteration -- The later Ottoman sultans -- Introduction -- Concerning the circumstances of the Ottoman Sultanate -- Almabayn -- The chief secretary's department in Almabayn -- The Almabaynjiyya department in Almabayn -- The department of the chief eunuch in Almabayn -- The department of the Yavaran in Almabayn -- Spies -- Anniversary of the Sultan's accession -- Spies (II) -- Splendor of the caliphate and magnificence of the sultanate -- Appointment to Ottoman offices -- Court proceedings in Istanbul -- Shaykhs -- Writing ma hunalik -- The sultan -- Deposition of sultans.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007026724
ISBN9780742562165 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0742562166 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742562172 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0742562174 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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