The Intimate Life of an Ottoman Statesman, Melek Ahmed Pasha (1588-1662): As Portrayed in Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels (Seyahat-Name)

Book Overview

Robert Dankoff has culled passages from Evliya Celebi's Book of Travels that deal directly with the life and times of Celebi's patron, Melek Ahmed Pasha, an outstanding seventeenth-century military and administrative leader.

Celebi's account is sensitive to all the currents of his age and reflects them in his narrative. His wry comments and observations extend from the intimate details of daily life, and the attitudes of the lower classes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791406407
• ISBN13: 9780791406403
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.