Author
Schmidt, Jan.
Publication Date
2018
Publication Place
Leiden -
Koninklijke Brill NV
Subject
Süssheim, Karl, > 1878-1947. | Abdülhamid > II, > Sultan of the Turks, > 1842-1918. | Istanbul (Turkey) > Social life and customs > 20th century. | Cairo (Egypt) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
564
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (viii, 564 pages)
Library
American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID
Unknown
Record ID
40880
Library Location
ARCE Library
Date
2018
Notes
The book consists of transcriptions and summary translations of two texts in, mostly, Ottoman Turkish, the first of which is the recently discovered second volume of the diary of the German orientalist Karl Süssheim, covering the years 1903-08 which he mostly spent in Istanbul. The second text is a printed memoir of a Young Turk officer called İsma'il Hakkı, in which the latter discusses his life, political engagement and the resulting problems. Süssheim met İsma'il Hakkı in Cairo in 1908 and kept in contact with him later. The texts offer a lively picture of Istanbul and Cairo in the early years of the 20th century, the repressive regime of Sultan Abdulhamid II and the heady days of the Young Turk revolution of July 1908.
Sample Text
The book consists of transcriptions and summary translations of two texts in, mostly, Ottoman Turkish, the first of which is the recently discovered second volume of the diary of the German orientalist Karl Süssheim, covering the years 1903-08 which he mostly spent in Istanbul. The second text is a printed memoir of a Young Turk officer called İsma'il Hakkı, in which the latter discusses his life, political engagement and the resulting problems. Süssheim met İsma'il Hakkı in Cairo in 1908 and kept in contact with him later. The texts offer a lively picture of Istanbul and Cairo in the early years of the 20th century, the repressive regime of Sultan Abdulhamid II and the heady days of the Young Turk revolution of July 1908.
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Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004386341.