God's Shadow
The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World
$38.21
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
31 August 2021
Summary
The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the aid of his extraordinarily gifted mother, Gulbahar, hugely expanded the empire, propelling it onto the world stage. Aware of centuries of European suppression of Islamic history, Alan Mikhail centers Selim’s Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such worl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571331949 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571331947 |
| Author: | Alan Mikhail |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 31 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 125mm x 195mm |
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About the Author
ALAN MIKHAIL is a leading historian and Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University. His previous three prize-winning books have reshaped our understanding of the history of the Middle East. For God’s Shadow, he drew on a wide range of sources in Ottoman Turkish, modern Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, and French.
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