Guns for the sultan
Subtitle: military power and the weapons industry in the Ottoman Empire
By: Gábor Ágoston.
Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilisation; Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: Weapons industry -- Turkey -- History.; Turkey -- History, Military.
Description: "Gabor Agoston's book contributes to an emerging stand of military history, which examines organized violence as a challenge to early modern states, their societies and economies. His is the first to examine the weapons technology and armaments industries of the Ottoman Empire, the only Islamic empire that threatened Europe on its own territory in the age of the Gunpowder Revolution. Based on extensive research in the Turkish archives, the book affords new insights regarding the early success and subsequent failure of an Islamic empire against European adversaries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-259) and index.