The Politics of Households in Ottoman Egypt
Subtitle: The Rise of the Qazdaglis (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 4, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780521892940
Subjects: Social history; World history; Middle East - Egypt; History; History - General History; History: American; Egypt; Elite (Social sciences)--Egypt--History--18th; Elite (Social sciences)--Egypt--History--18th century; History / Egypt; History / Middle East; Middle East - General
First sentence: In the summer of 1516, it was evident to most observers of the Ottoman imperial palace of Topkapi in Istanbul, if not to most residents of the city at large, that Sultan Selim I (1512-20) was preparing a decisive military expedition against one of his two chief Asian antagonists.