| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 325 pages, 16 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), genealogical table. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of Ottoman studies ; 60
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Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 60.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-310) and index. |
| Contents |
PART I Ottoman Sultana: Wife, Mother and Patron -- Introduction The Forgotten Star of the Sultanate of Women -- 1. The Most Itinerant Sultana of the Harem: -- The Extraordinary Life of a Bishop's Daughter -- 2. Building Activities of Ottoman Sultanas up to -- Gu ̈ lnus ̧ Sultan -- PART II The Building Activities of Gu ̈ lnus ̧ Sultan -- 3. Conquest and Conversion: Gu ̈ lnus ̧ Sultan's Name -- on the Frontiers -- 4. Statement of Religiosity: Mecca and the Pilgrimage -- Route -- 5. Galata New Mosque: Islamization of the Catholic Land -- 6. Water for All: Fountains in Edirne, Galata and Beyond -- 7. Magnum Opus: U ̈ sku ̈ dar Yeni Valide Complex -- PART III Architectural Legacy of Ottoman Royal Women -- 8. Building Activities of Ottoman Sultanas after -- Gu ̈ lnus?? Sultan -- 9. A Comparison: Where do the Buildings of Gu ̈ lnus ̧ -- Sultan Stand within Ottoman Architecture? -- 10. Epilogue: Determinants of Ottoman Royal Women's -- Building Activities. |
| Summary |
"At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern empires. One hitherto overlooked aspect of the Empire's remarkable cultural legacy was the role of powerful women - often the head of the harem, or wives or mothers of sultans. These educated and discerning patrons left a great array of buildings across the Ottoman lands: opulent, lavish and powerful palaces and mausoleums, but also essential works for ordinary citizens, such as bridges and waterworks. Muzaffer OEzgule? here uses new primary scholarship and archaeological evidence to reveal the stories of these Imperial builders. Gulnu? Sultan for example, the favourite of the imperial harem under Mehmed IV and mother to his sons, was exceptionally pictured on horseback, travelled widely across the Middle East and Balkans, and commissioned architectural projects around the Empire. Her buildings were personal projects designed to showcase Ottoman power and they were built from Constantinople to Mecca, from modern-day Ukraine to Algeria. OEzgule? seeks to re-establish the importance of some of these buildings, since lost, and traces the history of those that remain. The Women Who Built the Ottoman World is a valuable contribution to the architectural history of the Ottoman Empire, and to the growing history of the women within it."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
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| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Gülnûş Sultan, 1642-1715.
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Gülnûş Sultan, 1642-1715. |
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Women -- Turkey -- Biography.
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Women. |
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Turkey. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Turkey -- History -- Mehmed IV, 1648-1687.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1648-1687 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Özgüleş, Muzaffer. Women Who Built the Ottoman World. London : I.B. Tauris : published in association with the Barakat Trust, 2017 9781784539269 (OCoLC)967973646 |
| ISBN |
9781786722089 (electronic book) |
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1786722089 (electronic book) |
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9781350989399 (online) |
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1350989398 |
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9781786732088 (pdf) |
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1786732084 |
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9781784539269 |
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1784539260 |
| Standard No. |
10.5040/9781350989399 |
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