{"product_id":"the-making-of-selim-succession-legitimacy-and-memory-in-the-early-modern-ottoman-world-paperback-softback-9780253024282","title":"The Making of Selim; Succession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253024282","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Making of Selim\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSuccession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. Erdem Cipa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253024282\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 February 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages, 2 maps - 2 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.644 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH. Erdem Cipa's monograph provides a timely investigation of the reign of Sultan Selim I and its subsequent commemoration in Ottoman historiography, not least because this particular ruler remains an important figure in the still ongoing re-evaluation of Ottoman history in Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (English Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe father of the legendary Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Selim I (\"The Grim\") set the stage for centuries of Ottoman supremacy by doubling the size of the empire. Conquering Eastern Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt, Selim promoted a politicized Sunni Ottoman* identity against the Shiite Safavids of Iran, thus shaping the early modern Middle East. Analyzing a wide array of sources in Ottoman-Turkish, Persian, and Arabic, H. Erdem Cipa offers a fascinating revisionist reading of Selim's rise to power and the subsequent reworking and mythologizing of his persona in 16th- and 17th-century Ottoman historiography. In death, Selim continued to serve the empire, becoming represented in ways that reinforced an idealized image of Muslim sovereignty in the early modern Eurasian world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eNote on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart One: The Making of a Sultan\u003cbr\u003e1. Politics of Succession: Selim's Path to the Throne\u003cbr\u003e2. Politics of Factions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: The Creation of Selim's Composite Image\u003cbr\u003ePart Two Introduction: A Historiographical Survey\u003cbr\u003e3. Selim, The Legitimate Ruler\u003cbr\u003e4. Selim, The Idealized Ruler\u003cbr\u003e5. Selim, The Divinely Ordained Ruler\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525043155224,"sku":"9780253024282","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-making-of-selim-succession-legitimacy-and-memory-in-the-early-modern-ottoman-world-paperback-softback-9780253024282","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}