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Prisoner of the Infidels: The Memoir of an Ottoman Muslim in Seventeenth-Century Europe

byOsman of TimisoaraandEdited by Giancarlo Casale

A pioneering work of Ottoman Turkish literature, Prisoner of the Infidels brings the seventeenth-century memoir of Osman Agha of Timişoara—slave, adventurer, and diplomat—into English for the first time. The argument in Prisoner of the Infidels develops through biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, attending to both broad patterns and the revealing details that resist them. That perspective connects an ottoman muslim in seventeenth-century europe to larger questions in biography & autobiography and history, without losing sight of the people living through the consequences.

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780520383395