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Documents : Ottoman Empire posted on partner-site psm-data Historical Atlas : Ottoman Empire Page Wars of the Ottoman Empire : Rumelia, Anatolia, Arabia, Egypt Students' Papers : Chu, Haena, Comparative history of art patronage : Renaissance Florence and the Ottoman Empire (15th-17th century) (2013) Students' Papers : Kim, Sun Hoo, History of Food and Nutrition in West Asia (2009) Students' Papers : Kim, Sungjun, History of Transportation in the Modern Ottoman Empire (2009) Students' Papers : Park, Young Jin, Multicultural Metropoleis : Vienna and Istanbul, as described in Historic Encyclopedias (2009) Students' Papers : Park, Sang Woo, Turning Points in History : The Battle of Kahlenberg (Vienna) 1683 (2008) |
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Country Profiles | Current |
Article : Ottoman Empire, from Wikipedia, from
Encyclopedia of the Orient |
Historical |
Joseph Hammer-Purgstall, Des Osmanischen Reichs Staatsverfassung und Staatsverwaltung,
vol.1, 1815,
vol.2, 1815, in German, GB J. Reid, Turkey and the Turks, being the Present State of the Ottoman Empire (1840), posted on Internet Archive Th. Thornton, The present state of Turkey ; or, A description of the political, civil, and religious Constitution, Government, and Laws of the Ottoman Empire .. , 1807, 2nd ed. vol.1, 1809, 2nd ed. vol.2, 1809, GB F.H. Ungewitter, Die Türkei in der Gegenwart, Zukunft und Vergangenheit, 1854, in German, GB |
Links |
Category : Ottoman Empire, from Wikipedia |
Historical Dictionaries |
Habibullah's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Ottoman
Empire and her times, online version, detailed K.G. Mostras, Dictionnaire Geographique de l'Empire Ottoman (1873), posted on Internet Archive B. d'Herbelot et al., Bibliotheque orientale : ou Dictionnaire universel contenant tout ce qui fait connoitre les Peuples d'Orient, vol.1 : A-E, 1777, vol.2 : F-M, 1778, vol.3 : N-Z, 1778, vol.4, 1779, in French, GB |
Organizations |
Timelines |
from turizm.net, from
Wikipedia (since 1813) |
Accounts of History | General, Modern |
Article : Ottoman Empire, from Wikipedia, from
Encyclopedia of the Orient,
from The Ottomans The Ottoman Khilafa, from naqshbandi.org |
General, Historical |
Ottoman Historians : Database Johannes Leunclavius, Historiae Musulmanae Turcorum, de monumentis ipsorum exscriptae, libri XVIII, 1591, in Latin, GB Richard Knolles, The Turkish history, vol.2, 1701, GB Dimitrie Cantemir, Histoire de l'empire ottoman, vol.1, 1743, vol.2, 1743, in French, GB Vincent Mignot, The history of the Turkish, or Ottoman Empire : from its Foundation in 1300 to the Peace of Belgrade in 1740, vol.1, 1787, vol.2, 1787, vol.3, 1787, vol.4, 1787, GB J. von Hammer-Purgstall, Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches, 1834, in German, GB K. Fried, Die Geschichte des Osmanischen Volkes, 1834, in German, GB E.S. Creasy, History of Ottoman Turks; from the beginning of their empire to the present time. Chiefly founded on von Hammer (1854), posted on Internet Archive Alphonse de Lamartine, History of Turkey, vol.1, 1855, vol.2, 1857, vol.3, 1857, GB |
Administration | Foreign Relations |
A. de Miltitz, Manuel des Consuls, vol.2 pt.2 : Des Consulats a l'Etranger par les Principaux Etats de l'Europe et les Etats-Unis de
l'Amerique du Nord, bk.3 : Etablissement des Consulats a l'Etranger,
Section XII : Porte Ottomane, pp.1459-1498, 1839, in French, GB |
Military | General |
Wars of the Ottoman Empire : Rumelia,
Anatolia,
Arabia,
Egypt, at WHKMLA Hamid Bozarslan, Chronological Index : The General Ottoman and Turkish Contexts, From the Tanzimat (1838) to the Suppression of the Dersim Rebellion (1938) , from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence Kemal Zadeh, Histoire de la campagne de Mohacz [early 16th century], 1859, trsl. into French by A.J.P. de Courteille, GB Muslim Heritage : Ottoman Maritime Arsenals |
Militaria |
Medals, Orders and Decorations of the Ottoman Empire, from Turkish Medals |
Ottoman-Safavid War 1532-1555 |
Article : Ottoman-Safavid War 1532-1555,
from Wikipedia |
Ottoman-Safavid War 1578-1590 |
Article : Ottoman-Safavid War 1578-1590,
from Wikipedia |
Ottoman-Safavid War 1603-1618 |
Article : Ottoman-Safavid War 1603-1618,
from Wikipedia |
Ottoman-Safavid War 1623-1639 |
Article : Ottoman-Safavid War 1623-1639,
from Wikipedia |
Russo-Ottoman War 1686-1700 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1686-1700, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Ottoman War 1710-1711 |
Article : Pruth River Campaign, from Wikipedia |
Russo-Ottoman War 1735-1739 |
Article : Russo-Austrian-Turkish War 1735-1739,
from Wikipedia G.A. von Halem, Lebensbeschreibung des russisch-kaiserlichen Feldmarschalls B. C. Grafen von Münnich, 1803, in German, GB |
Russo-Ottoman War 1768-1774 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1768-1774, from Wikipedia P.A. Caussin de Perceval, Precis historique de la guerre des Turcs contre les Russes : depuis l'annee 1769 jusqu'a l'annee 1774, 1822, in French, GB L.F. Guinement de Keralio, Histoire de la derni?e guerre entre les Russes et les Turcs, vol.1, 1777, vol.2, n.d., in French, GB |
Russo-Ottoman War 1787-1792 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1787-1792, from Wikipedia F.J. Anthing, History of the campaigns of Count Alexander Suworow-Rymnikski, trsl. from the German, vol.1, 1799, vol.2, 1799, GB |
Russo-Ottoman War 1806-1812 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1806-1812, from Wikipedia |
Ottoman-Qajar War 1821-1823 |
Article : Ottoman-Persian War 1821-1823,
from Wikipedia |
Greek War of Independence 1821-1831 |
Article : Greek War of Independence, from Wikipedia The Battle of Navarino, by an Officer Engaged, pp.177-185 in vol.1 of The United service magazine, 1829, GB |
Russo-Ottoman War 1828-1829 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1828-1829, from Wikipedia J.E. Alexander, Travels to the seat of war in the East, through Russia and the Crimea in 1829, vol.1 1830 vol.2 1830, GB F.R. Chesney, The Russo-Turkish campaigns of 1828 and 1829, 1854, GB Sismondi on the present Russian War with Turkey, pp.283-291, 473-474 [pagination messed of in the latter part] in vol.21 of The Oriental herald and journal of general literature, 1829, GB Aleksandr Kleonakovich Ushakov, Geschichte der Feldzüge in der asiatischen Türkei während der Jahre 1828 und 1829, 1838, in German, GB F.A. von Witzleben, Darstellung des russisch-türkischen Feldzugs im Jahre 1828 in Europa und Asien, vol.1, 1829, vol.2, 1831, in German, GB A. Colombel, De la guerre d'Orient, ou Des plans d'invasion de la Russie, 1828, in French, GB Monbrion, Des resultats de la guerre actuelle entre la Russie et la Turquie, 1829, in French, GB G.W. Valentini, Military reflections on Turkey, 1828, GB W. Monteith, Kars and Erzeroum: with the campaigns of Prince Paskiewitch, in 1828 and 1829, 1856, GB |
Syrian War |
A. Jochmus, The Syrian War and the Decline of the Ottoman Empire 1840-1848 (1883),
IA Ch. Napier, The War in Syria (1842), vol.1, vol.2, posted on Internet Archive |
Crimean War |
Crimean War Research Society G. Dodd, Pictorial history of the Russian War: 1854-5-6, 1856, GB Article : Crimean War, from Wikipedia; from Spartacus Schoolnet Online Exhibition : British Battles : Crimean War, from National Archives (UK) British History in Depth : The Crimean War, from BBC History The Crimean War, from Victorian Web A.W. Kinglake, The Invasion of the Crimea, 2nd ed. 1868, GB A. Prinz, Der russisch-türkische Krieg nach brieflichen Mittheilungen und Originalberichten, vol.2, Der Feldzug des Jahres 1854, 1856, in German, GB C. Junck, Der russisch-türkische Krieg in Europa und Asien bis auf den gegenwärtigen Standpunkt, 1854, in German, GB Der russisch-türkische Krieg und der Kriegsschauplatz in politischer, örtlicher und militärischer Beziehung, 1854, GB W. Rüstow, Der Krieg gegen Russland: Politisch-militärisch bearbeitet, vol.1, 1855, vol.2, 1856, in German, GB La guerre contre la Russie, pt.1, 1854, in French, GB L. Guerin, Histoire de la derniere guerre de Russie: 1853-56, vol.1, 1858, vol.2, 1858, in French, GB H. Sandwith, A narrative of the siege of Kars: and of the six months' resistance by the Turkish Garrison under Colonel Williams to the Russian Army, 1856, GB A. Slade, Turkey and the Crimean war: a narrative of historical events, 1867, GB A. Schimmelfennig, The war between Turkey and Russia: a military sketch, 1854, GB G. Kmety, Narrative of the defence of Kars 29th September, 1855, 1856, GB A. Lake, Narrative of the defence of Kars, historical and military, 1857, GB |
Russo-Ottoman War 1877-1878 |
Article : Russo-Turkish War 1877-1878, from Wikipedia R.F. Baumann, Leadership at Plevna, 11-12 September 1877, pp.79-84 in Studies in Battlefield Command 1998, GB |
World War I & Genocide |
Ugur Umit Ungor, Case Studies : Diyarbekir (1915-1916): Young Turk Mass Killings at the Provincial Level , from
Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence Raymond Kevorkian, Chronological Index : The Extermination of Ottoman Armenians by the Young Turk Regime (1915-1916) , from Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence |
Ethnography |
Article : Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, from Wikipedia Article : Ottoman Greeks, from Wikipedia Article : Rise of Nationalism under the Ottoman Empire, from Wikipedia |
Religion | general |
Article : State and Religion (Ottoman Empire), from Wikipedia The Ottoman Empire, from BBC Religion and Ethics Article Millet (Ottoman Empire), from Wikipedia The Church of Constantinople, pp.10-13 in M.G. Dampier, The organization of the Orthodox Eastern churches 1910, IA |
Islam |
Article : Ottoman Persecution of Alevis, from Wikipedia |
Christianity |
C.D. Cobham, The Patriarchs of Constantinople, 1911, IA F.A. Belin, Histoire de la latinite de Constantinople, 1894, IA A. Belin, Histoire de l'eglise latine de Constantinople, 1872, IA J. Wenger, Beitr?e zur Kenntniss des gegenwärtigen Geistes und Zustandes der Griechischen Kirche in Griechenland und der Türkei, 1839, in German, GB |
Judaism |
Structure of the Jewish Community (in the Ottoman Empire)
by A. Levy E.N. Adler, Jews in many Lands (1905), posted on Internet Archive |
History of Regions |
see WHKMLA, History of Rumelia, Ottoman Anatolia,
Ottoman Syria, Ottoman Iraq,
Hejaz, Barka,
Triopolitania, Fezzan G.R. Fortescue, Russia, the Balkans and the Dardanelles (1915), posted on Internet Archive The Dardanelles, their Story and their Significance in the Great War (1915), posted on Internet Archive W. Forsyth, The Slavonic Provinces South of the Danube (1876), posted on Internet Archive J.F. Fraser, Pictures from the Balkan (1906), posted on Internet Archive |
Local History |
History of Istanbul, from Wikipedia,
Ankara, from Wikipedia,
History of Izmir (Smyrna), from Wikipedia,
History of Trabzon (Trebizond, Trapezunt), from Wikipedia,
History of Adana, from Wikipedia,
History of Aleppo, from Wikipedia,
History of Damascus, from Wikipedia,
History of Mossul, from Wikipedia,
History of Baghdad, from Wikipedia,
History of Mecca, from Wikipedia,
History of Jerusalem, from Wikipedia,
History of Thessaloniki, from Wikipedia G. Rolleston, Report on Smyrna (1856), posted on Internet Archive C. Humann e.a., Smyrna (1873) in German, posted on Internet Archive |
Institutions |
A Short History of Turkish Railways, by Trains of Turkey |
Culture |
The Art of the Ottomans before 1600,
The Greater Ottoman Empire, 1600-1800,
from Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Ottoman Film Archive, Amsterdam, has history of film in the Ottoman Empire |
Biographies |
Others |
C. Cetinsaya, Ottoman-British Relations in Iraq and the Gulf 1890-1908 (2005) Bondarevsky, Turning the Persian Gulf into a British Lake : British Domination of the Indian Ocean in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, posted on Maldives Culture J.H. Skene, The Three Eras of Ottoman History (1851), posted on Internet Archive N. Sari, Evolution of Attitudes toward Human Experimentation in Ottoman Turkish Medicine |
WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (file named Turkey) (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel; on Turkey);
List of the Ottoman Sultans and Caliphs, 1290-1924, from frisian.com |
Lists of Ambassadors |
List of French Ambassadors to Turkey, from Wikipedia (since 1538);
Liste chronologique des ambassadeurs en France depuis 1525 (en Turquie),
from Ambafrance Polscy ambasadorzy w Turcji, from Wikipedia Polish edition Embajadores de Mexico en Turquia, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico List of French representatives in Turkey, of Turkey in France pp.xxxvi-xl, xlii-xliii in vol.38 of F. Schoell, Cours d'histoire des etats Europeens 1833, in French, GB |
Lists of Consuls |
Political Graveyard : Turkey,
Syria,
Lebanon,
Israel,
Iraq,
Libya,
Greece, incomplete lists of U.S. consuls |
Lists of Patriarchs |
List of Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople,
List of Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople,
Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople, from Wikipedia List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch, from Wikipedia List of Syriac Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch, from Wikipedia List of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch , from Wikipedia List of Latin Patriarchs of Antioch, from Wikipedia List of Patriarchs of Jerusalem, from OrthodoxWiki List of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem, from Wikipedia Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from Wikipedia Anglican-German Bishopric of Jerusalem, from Wikipedia |
Lists of Chief Rabbis |
List of Chief Rabbis of Turkey 1454-2007, from SephardicGen |
Exchange Rates |
The Marteau Early 18th-Century Currency Converter |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Kranten Historisch [historical newspapers] |
Historical Newspaper Articles |
Die vortrefflichen Denkmäler und Wahrheiten der Kunden von Ahmed Wassif Effendi usw.,
pt.1, Febr. 24 1806,
pt.2, March 29th 1806,
in Intelligenzblatt der Allgem. Literatur-Zeitung, in German |
Online Yearbooks | International |
J.Ch. Poncelin de la Roche Tilhac, Etat des Cours de l'Europe et des Provinces de France pour l'annee ...
vol.1 MDCCCLXXXIV 1783 pp.183-186,
vol.2 MDCCCLXXXV, 1785, pp.207-212, in French, GB Almanacco istorico, politico, militare, scientifico, 1794, 1795, in Italian, GB Almanach de Gotha : Turquie 1771 p.lxxx, 1771, vol.86 pp.656-662, 1849, vol.87 pp.629-635, 1850, vol.89 pp.656-674, 1852, vol.90 pp.649-666, 1853, vol.94 pp.717-733, 1857, vol.95 pp.739-754, 1858, vol.97 pp.799-809, 1860, vol.102 pp.973-988, 1865, vol.106 pp.968-987, 1869, in French, GB Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch : Türkey oder Ottomannisches Reich 1798 pt.2 pp.114-118, 1799 pt.2 pp.117-121, 1800 pt.2, pp.134-138, 1802 pt.2, pp.440-443, 1803 pt.2, pp.209-212, in German, GB Allgemeines genealogisches und Staats-Handbuch : Türkey (Osmanisches Reich), 1811, pp.50-52, in German, GB Genealogisches Staats-Handbuch : Türkey oder Osmanisches Reich, vol.65 pp.259-266, 1827, vol.66 pp.301-309, 1835, vol.67 pp.319-327, 1839, in German, GB Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach : Osmanischer Staat, vol.1 : 1824 pp.322-325, 1824, vol.2 : 1825 pp.322-325, 1824, vol.3 : 1826 pp.353-356, 1826, vol.8 : 1832 pp.443-450, 1831, vol.9 : 1833 pp.509-517, 1832, vol.10 : 1834 pp.520-528, 1833, vol.11 : 1834 pp.541-549, 1834, vol.12 : 1835 pp.629-637, 1835, vol.13 : 1836 pp.601-610, 1836, vol.16 : 1838/39 pp.556-566, 1839, vol.17 : 1840 pp.678-691, 1840, vol.19 : 1842 pp.695-709, 1842, vol.20 : 1843 pp.695-709, 1843, Türkei vol.23 : 1846 pp.690-701, 1846, in German, GB Statesman's Year-Book, Entry : Turkey vol.1 1864 pp.492-515, GB, vol.2 1865 pp.488-510, GB, vol.3 1866 pp.499-517, GB, vol.4 1867 pp.488-506, GB, vol.5 1868 pp.488-506, GB, vol.6 1869 pp.488-506, GB,. 1871, pp.451-480, IA, 1872, pp.451-480, IA, 1873, pp.443-472, IA, 1874, pp.443-472, IA, 1875, pp.443-472, IA, 1876, pp.446-476, IA, 1877, pp.449-482, IA, 1878, pp.457-482, IA, 1879, pp.457-483, IA, 1880, pp.457-483, IA, 1881, pp.457-483, IA, 1882, pp.457-483, BL, 1883, pp.457-483, IA, 1884, pp.482-505, IA, 1885, pp.490-519, IA, 1886, pp.501-531, IA, 1887, pp.518-549, IA, 1888, pp.521-551, IA, 1889, pp.527-555, IA, 1890, pp.993-1034, IA, 1891, pp.998-1041, IA, 1892, pp.1009-1056, IA, 1894, pp.1011-1058, IA, 1895, pp.1011-1058, IA, 1896, pp.1012-1060, IA, 1898, pp.1012-1062, IA, 1899, pp.1074-1140, IA, 1903, pp.1157-1214, IA, 1913, pp.1302-1348, IA |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Accidental Collections |
Category : Historical Images of Turkey,
Historical Images of Syria,
from Wikimedia Commons |
Oriental Collections Items on Ottoman Empire |
Turkey, from Images of Asia |
Historical Maps | collections |
Category : Maps of the Ottoman Empire,
Wikimedia Commons Jewish Virtual Library, Ottoman Empire Maps Haghia Sophia E-Museum, Ottoman Empire Maps Mohammad al Kurbi Collection of Maps and Prints Search David Rumsey Map Collection for Arabia |
Ottoman Empire, hindsight |
Naqshbandi, Expansion, Decline of the Ottoman Empire Unimaps, Map of the Middle East, 1914 Maps : Europe in the Year 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, from Euratlas |
Ottoman Empire, contemporary |
Pinkerton 1818 : Turkey in Asia,
Wikimedia Commons Mitchell 1850 : Turkey in Asia, Wikimedia Commons Turkey 1888, Turkey in Asia 1898, Turkey in Europe 1890, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1911, Probert Encyclopedia |
detail |
for detail maps, see Ottoman Anatolia, Ottoman Syria,
Rumelia |
Archival Deposits |
U.S. National Archives Pertaining to Turkey 1800-1944
, posted by U.S. Embassy in Turkey Search National Archives, UK for Turkey Inventaris van het archief van de Legatie in Turkije, 1668-1810 (1811), from Nationaalarchief |
Constitutions, Laws |
F. Ongley, The Ottoman Land Code (1892), posted on
Internet Archive Offoman Fermans, posted by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ottoman Empire, Laws of constitutional character, from Verfassungen.eu, in German Search Prassi Italiana di Dirito Internazionale, Indice delle leggi e degli altri atti normativi, for Ottomano, Turchia, Turco, 76/260/111 entries, in Italian |
Treaties | General Treaty Collections |
Bilateral Treaty Collections |
Th.E. Holland (ed.), The European Concert in the Eastern Question: A Collection of Treaties and .. (1885), posted on
Internet Archive Treaties Between Turkey and Foreign Powers. 1535-1855 (1855), posted on Internet Archive I. de Testa, Recueil des traites de la Porte Ottomane avec les puissances etrangerres depuis le premier traite conclu, en 1536, entre Suleyman I et François I, jusqu'a nos jours, vol.1 (1864), vol.2 (1864), vol.3 (1864), vol.4 (1864), vol.5 (1864), vol.6 (1864), vol.7 (1864), vol.8 (1864), vol.9 (1864), vol.10 (1864), vol.11 (1864), posted on Internet Archive Traite de Commerce conclu avec la Turquie le 28 Avril 1861, pp.140-161 in D.A.P. Boiteau, Les traite de commerce, 1863, in French, GB Treaties between Great Britain and Turkey, pp.296-313 in vol.4 of J. Chitty, A treatise on the laws of commerce and manufactures 1824, GB Ottoman Empire, pp.619-644 in vol.10 of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America 1776-1949, 1972, GB Türkei, pp.243-256 in Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Uebersicht der Verträge Oesterreichs mit den auswärtigen Staaten, 1854, in German, GB Porte Ottomane, p.140 in vol.1 of Table des traites entre la France et les puissances etrangeres, depuis la paix de Westphalie jusqu'a nos jours, 1802, GB |
Document Collections |
Documents and Comments on the History of the Ottoman Empire, in English / English translation, posted on
Royals Portal Foreign Office (British) : Further Correspondence Respecting the Affairs of Turkey (1878), posted on Internet Archive; Foreign Office (British) : Despatch from his Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople Summarizing Events that Lead to the Rupture of Relations with Turkey, and Reply Thereto (1914), posted on Internet Archive; Arnold Toynbee, Foreign Office (British) : The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1916), posted on Internet Archive; Foreign Office (British) : Peace Handbooks (1919-1920), posted on Internet Archive; . 10. Mohammedanism : Turkey in Asia (I), no. 57-60; 162.--v. 11. Turkey in Asia (II), no. 61-66 Ch.11 Par.11 : Turcarum Imperium, pp.263-269 in B.G. Struve, Selecta bibliotheca historica, 1705, in Latin, GB ; a catalogue of narrative historical sources Negociations de la France dans le Levant; ou, Correspondances, m?oires et actes diplomatiques des ambassadeurs de France a Constantinople et des ambassadeurs, envoyes ou residents a divers titres a Venise, Raguse, Rome, Malte et Jerusalem, en Turquie, Perse, Georgie, Crimee, Syrie, Egypte, etc., et dans les etats de Tunis, d'Alger et de Maroc, vol.1 : 1515-1546, 1848, GB, vol.2 : 1547-1566, 1850, IA, GB, vol.3 : 1567-1580, 1853, IA, GB vol.4 : 1581-1589, 1860, IA, GB |
Historical Maps | entire country, hindsight/modern |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas, Ottoman Empire,
Rumelia,
Ottoman Anatolia pages |
entire country, contemporary |
Ottoman Empire 1400,
1500,
1600,
1700,
1800,
1900, from euratlas Dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire 1683-1923 (W. Shepherd 1926), posted by PCL, UTexas |
detail, hindsight/modern |
detail, contemporary |
City Panoramas 19th Century, from
Historic Maps,
Konstantinopel 1830 Discus Media : Istanbul Maps, Turkey City and Town Maps |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Articles : Banks : Turkish Banks, p.578, in vol.2, 1859,
of The New American Cyclopaedia, GB Articles Ottoman Empire, Rumelia, Anatolia, Turkey, Constantinople, Angora, Smyrna, Trebizond, Adrianople, Salonica, Mosul, Aleppo, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Mecca, Hejaz, Syria, Palestine from EB 1911 Article Türkisches Reich, Konstantinopel, Rumelien, Anatolien, Smyrna, Angora, Adana, Trapezunt, Aleppo, Damaskus, Mosul, Bagdad, Mekka, Jerusalem (das jetzige), Syrien, Mesopotamien, in : Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892 edition, in German Article Türckey, from Zedlers Universallexikon (1732), posted by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, in German, 18th century font |
Religious |
Articles Turkish Empire,
Constantinople,
Smyrna,
Angora,
Trebizond,
Adana, from Catholic Encyclopedia Article Turkey, from Jewish Encyclopedia Das Osmanische Reich in Europa, Asien und Afrika, pp.586-637 in vol.2 of C.Fr. Staeudlin, Kirchliche Geographie u. Statistik, 1804, in German, GB |
Economic |
J. Chr. Nelckenbrecher, Taschenbuch eines
Banquiers und Kaufmanns enthaltend eine Erklärung aller ein- und ausländischen Münzen ..., Berlin : Wever
1769, in German, entries Constantinopel, posted by DTBSWS Of the Trade carried on by Great Britain with Turkey and Barbary, pp.534-538 in Lex Mercatoria 1773, GB Turquie, pp.260-263 in vol.2 of S. Ricard, Traite general du commerce, 1781, in French, GB The Levant, pp.644-699 in : C.W. Rördansz, European Commerce, or Complete Mercantile Guide to the Continent of Europe, 1818 Entry : Asiatische Türkei, pp.583-585 in vol.3 of Leipziger Handwörterbuch der Handlungs-, Comptoir- und Waarenkunde, 1819, in German, GB J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Constantinopel, posted by DTBSWS Gülich, Gustav von, Geschichtliche Darstellung des Handels, der Gewerbe und des Ackerbaus der bedeutenden handeltreibenden Staaten unserer Zeit (Historical Description of Trade, Industry and Agriculture of the Important Trading States of Our Time), Jena : Frommann 6 vol.s 1830-1845, chapter : Türkei, vol.4 1844 pp.167-173, in German, posted by DTBSWS Ottoman Empire, pp.1-185 in vol.2 of J. McGregor, Commercial Statistics. A Digest of the Productive Resources, Commercial Legislation, Customs Tariffs, Navigation, Port and Quarantine Laws, and Charges, Shipping, Imports and Exports and the Monies, Weights and Measures of all Nations, 1844, GB Türkei, pp.479-480 in A. Moser, Die Capitalanlage in Werthpapieren der Staaten, Creditvereine und Actiengesellschaften des In- und Auslandes, 1862, in German, GB Ottomar Haupt, Währungs-Politik und Münz-Statistik, Berlin : Walther & Apolant 1884, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Türkei W.H. Weed, The Copper Mines of the World 1907, Turkey p.127 |
Political Encyclopedias |
Le Ceremonial de la Porte Ottomane, pp.672-727 in vol.2 of J.R. de Missy, Le
Ceremonial diplomatique des cours de l' Europe, 1739, in French, GB Gouvernement des Turcs, pp.738-763 in vol.2 of G. de Real de Curbon, La science du gouvernement, 1762, in French, GB |
Geographical |
Ethnographical |
Empire de Turquie, pp.147-156 in X. Heuschling, Manual de statistique
ethnographique universelle, 1847, in French, GB |
Historical |
De Imperio Turcico, pp.412-436 in J.C. Becmann, Historia Orbis Terrarum Geographica 1673, in Latin, GB The Present State of the Turkish Empire, pp.411-600, in vol.1 of Th. Salmon, Modern History or the Present State of All Nations, 1744, GB History of the Ottoman Empire, in : Modern Part of an Universal History vol.12, 1759, vol.13, 1759, pp.1-122, GB l'Histoire de l'Empire Ottoman, in : Histoire universelle, depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'a present, Histoire Moderne vol.19, 1783, vol.20, 1783, vol.21 pp.1-242, in French, GB L'Empire des Turcs en Europe, pp.53-55 in Adrien M. de Verdy du Vernois, Manuel chronologique et genealogique des dynasties souveraines de l'Europe, 1797, in French, GB Osmanisches Reich pp.197-241 in vol.2 of the 1st edition of L.T. von Spittler, Entwurf der Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 1794, in German, GB Osmanisches Reich pp.254-305 in vol.2 of the 2nd edition of L.T. von Spittler, Entwurf der Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 1807, in German, GB Osmanisches Reich, pp.310-374 in vol.2 of the 3rd edition of L.T. von Spittler, Entwurf der Geschichte der europäischen Staaten, 1823, in German, GB Asien der Türken, vol.5 pp.23-27, 1806, Afrika der Türken, vol.6 pp.283-284, 1817, in : J.G. Eichhorn, Geschichte der letzten drey Jahrhunderte, in German, GB Histoire de l'empire ottoman, depuis 1618 jusqu'en 1718, pp.334-400 [on 1618-1718] in vol.32 of Maximilian-Samson-Friedrich Schöll, Cours d'histoire des Etats Europeens, depuis le bouleversement de l'empire romain d'Occident jusqu'en 1789, 1832, in French, GB The History of the Turkish Empire, pp.95-118, Turkey, or the Ottoman Empire pp.118-122, Grecian and Ottoman Empire pp.122-152, Ottoman Empire pp.153-156, The History of the Ottoman Empire continued, pp.196-284, in : D. Browne, A General history of the several nations of the world, 1751, GB Ottoman Empire pp.312-318, in vol.2 of S. Maunder, The history of the world: comprising a general history, 1856, GB |
Other |
Article : Türkische Eisenbahnen, from
Röll, Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens (Encyclopedia of Railroads) 2nd ed. 1912-1923, in German |
Parliamentary Debates |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
D. Coufopolis, A Guide to Constantinopolis, 1895, IA F. Lacroix, Guide du voyageur a Constantinople et dans ses environs , 1839, in French, IA John Murray, A hand-book for travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople 1845 ed., 1854 ed., IA |
Exhibition Catalogues |
Turkey, pp.1385-1399 in vol.3 of Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue,
Great Exhibition of 1851, 1851 Exposition Universelle Paris 1855, Catalogue Officiel, 1855, IA, Empire Ottomane participating Turkey, pp.418-428, from Official catalogue of the industrial department, London Exhibition 1862, GB International Exhibition 1876, Official Catalogue vol.1, vol.2, Turkey represented; IA |
Institutions | Archives |
Ottoman Archives (site in Turkish;
see Wikipedia Article Ottoman History : Libraries and Archives in Ankara, from Bilkent University Ottoman Labour History Archive (online) Ottoman Film Archive, Amsterdam |
Musea |
Ottoman Bank Museum |
Monuments |
Topkapi Palace,
Hagia Sophia |
Libraries |
National Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag of the Ottoman Empire, from FOTW |
Coins, Banknotes |
Ottoman banknotes and coins, from
Ottoman Souvenirs Ottoman Empire/Turkey, from Encyclopedia of Small Silver Coins Ottoman Coins, a First Guide, from Forum Ancient Coins Ottoman Empire Coins & Banknotes; has identification list for Ottoman mints; articles on Ottoman coins |
Stamps | Ottoman and Near East Philatelic Society |
Others |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde
(Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies) (site in German, most titles listed in English;
numerous entries; publications mostly since 1970) RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library |
on the Ottoman Empire |
Online Publications on the History of Turkish Architecture, posted by ArchNet Selected Works on the Ottoman Empire, from Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Turkey and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, Bibliography from Mideast Web Bibliography Economic History of the Ottoman Empire, from UConn Cyprus Bibliography : Ottoman Rule 1571-1878, from kypros.org Tulumba (Store selling Books, Movies in Turkey / in Turkish) Foundation for Middle East and Balkan Studies, publications King Bulan's Turkic Bookstore Journal of Modern Turkish Studies, Ankara 2004- Publications of Orient-Institut Istanbul : ITS, Pera Blätter Selected Works on the Ottoman Empire, from The Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus |
on the Ottoman Empire |
Online Journals | full text online |
Table of Contents Online |
General Accounts |
Jason Goodwin, Lords of the Horizons :
A History of the Ottoman Empire, Henry Holt 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 956.1 G656l Peter Mansfield, The Ottoman Empire and its Successors, London : MacMillan (1973) 1976 [G] Norman Itzkowitz, Ottoman Empire and Islamic Tradition, Chicago UP 1972 [G] Colin Imber, The Ottoman Empire 1300-1650, The tructure of Power, London : Palgrave MacMillan 2002 [G] Charles Swallow, The Sick Man of Europe. Ottoman Empire to Turkish Republic 1789-1923, London : Ernest Benn 1973 [G] |
Specific Topics |
Gabor Agoston, Guns for the Sultan. Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire, Cambridge : UP 2005, KMLA Lib.Sign.
338.4 A275g Edward J. Erickson, Ottoman Army Effectiveness in World War I, a comparative study, London : Routledge 2007 KMLA Lib. Call Sign 940.4 E68c Andre Gerolymatos, The Balkan Wars. Conquest, Revolution and Retribution from the Ottoman Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond, NY : Basic Books 2002 A.N. Kurat, The Ottoman Empire under Mehmed IV., ch.21 / pp.500-518 in The New Cambridge Modern History vol.V : The Ascendancy of France 1648-1688, Cambridge UP 1964 [G] A.N. Kurat, The Retreat of the Turks, 1683-1730, ch.19 / pp.608-647 in The New Cambridge Modern History vol.VI : The Rise of Great Britain and Russia 1688-1725, Cambridge UP 1970 [G] W.N. Medlicott, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and the Balkans, pp.323-351 in F.H. Hinsley, The New Cambridge History, vol.XI : Material Progress and World-wide Problems 1870-1898, Cambridge : UP (1962) 1978 [G] |
Social History |
Justin McCarthy, Death and Exile.
The Ethnic Cleansing of Ottoman Muslims, 1821-1922, Princeton, NJ : Darwin Press 1995 [G] Raphaela Lewis, Everyday Life in Ottoman Turkey, NY : Dorset Press 1971 [G] |
Economic History |
Halil Inalcik, An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire,
Vol.I : 1300-1600, Cambridge : UP 1994, KMLA Lib.Sign. 956.1015 135e v.1 Halil Inalcik and Donald Quataert (ed.), An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire, Vol.2 : 1600-1914, Cambridge : UP 1994, KMLA Lib.Sign. 956.1015 135e v.2 |
Regional History |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.28, pp.920-972 Article Turkey and Ancient Anatolia. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.28 Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey, Oxford : University Press (1961) 2nd edition 1968, KMLA Lib.Sign. 956.1 L673t Douglas A. Howard, The History of Turkey, Greenwood 2001, 272 pages; KMLA Lib.Sign. 956.1 H848h (focusses on Anatolia) Rossitsa Gradeva (ed.), Rumeli under the Ottomans, 15th to 18th Centuries. Institutions and Communities. Istanbul : Isis Press 2004 [G] |
History of Religion |
Stephen Runciman, The Great Church in Captivity, Cambridge : UP (1968) 2008 [G] |
Local History |
John Freely, Istanbul, the Imperial City. London : Penguin 1996; KMLA Lib.Sign. 949.618 F854i Mark Mazower, Salonica. City of Ghosts. Christians,Muslims and Jews 1430-1950, NY : Alfred A. Knopf 2006, KMLA Lib.Sign. 949.565 M476s |
Primary Sources |