Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922

by Carter V. Findley

From the author's preface: Sublime Porte--there must be few terms more redolent, even today, of the fascination that the Islamic Middle East has long exercised over Western imaginations. Yet there must also be few Western minds that now know what this term refers to, or why it has any claim to attention. One present-day Middle East expert admits to having long interpreted the expression as a reference to Istambul's splendid natural harbor. This individual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691052883
• ISBN13: 9780691052885
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.