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The Ottomans and the Mamluks : imperial diplomacy and warfare in the Islamic world /

Beginning on the eve of Oceanic exploration, and the first European forays into the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, The Ottomans and the Mamluks traces the growth of the Ottoman Empire from a tiny Anatolian principality to a world power, and the relative decline of the Mamluks - historic defenders...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Muslu, Cihan Yüksel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2014.
Colección:Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Beginning on the eve of Oceanic exploration, and the first European forays into the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, The Ottomans and the Mamluks traces the growth of the Ottoman Empire from a tiny Anatolian principality to a world power, and the relative decline of the Mamluks - historic defenders of Mecca and Medina and the rulers of Egypt and Syria. Cihan Yüksel Muslu traces the intertwined stories of these two dominant Sunni Muslim empires of the early modern world, setting out to question the view that Muslim rulers were historically concerned above all with the idea of Jihad against non.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857735805
0857735802
9780857724762
0857724762