Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

First published in 1943 in Turkish, intended to introduce a series of studies of the specific local sources for information on the Seljuks. The series itself was never written. The sections survey published and unpublished sources, chronicles and lost chronicles, diplomatic, and literary sources. An

Their History and Culture According to Local Muslim Sources

The Seljuks of Anatolia

In The Origins of the Ottoman Empire, Köprülü criticized as unscientific the prevailing Western explanations of the origins of the Ottoman Empire. Leiser's translation from the Turkish reveals Köprülü's modern historiographic method, and his unique contribution in describing the nature of the relevant Muslim sources. Using these and other references, Köprülü gave the first broad comprehensive account--political, religious, social, and economic--of the Turkish history of Anatolia in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and outlined the major factors that led to the rise of the Ottomans.

The Origins of the Ottoman Empire

Mehmet Fuat Ko pru lu

A translation of the 1992 Turkish monograph, subtitled A Review of the Religious History of Anatolia after the Turkish Invasion and Sources for this History. Describes broadly the evolution in what is now Turkey from the appearance of the Turks there in the 11th century, until the early expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century. Includes a short glossary without pronunciation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Islam in Anatolia After the Turkish Invasion

Anadolu istilâsına kadar Türkler

Türkiye tarihi

Gary Leiser

Robert Dankoff

Newly translated into English, this book examines literary and religious history in late medieval Anatolia. Invaluable to those interested in early Turkish literature, Sufism, Anatolian and Middle Eastern history in the late Middle Ages.

Mehmet Fuat Köprülü

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