The Crescent and the Eagle
Subtitle: Ottoman Rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913 (Library of Ottoman Studies)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: December 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781845112875
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; History: World; History; History - General History; Albania; Eastern Europe - Balkan Republics; Middle East - Turkey; History / Middle East; Middle East - General
First sentence: This study on Ottoman rule in Albania begins with the play Besa yahud Ahde Vefa or Pledge of Honor or Loyalty to an Oath, written by Semseddin Sami Bey Frasheri (1850-1904), an emerging Albanian intellectual, and performed on stage in Istanbul in 1874.