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Prisoner of the infidels :

0520383400

9780520383401

9780520383395

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Prisoner of the infidels :

[Book]

the memoirs of an Ottoman Muslim in seventeenth-century Europe /

Osman of Timişoara ; edited, translated, and introduced by Giancarlo Casale.

Oakland, California :

University of California Press,

[2021]

1 online resource (1 volume) :

maps

Translated from the Turkish

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- A note on transcription from Ottoman Turkish -- A note on translation -- Introduction: on being Osman -- Surrender -- Ransom -- Crime and punishment -- Death and resurrection -- Respite -- Bonds of love -- To the capital -- A friend in need -- An unexpected turn of events -- Into the lion's den -- Grifters -- To the border-- The end -- Appendix: main characters in Osman's narrative -- Notes -- Index of people -- Index of places.

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"In 1688, five years after the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna, a young Muslim soldier surrendered to the Austrian army and became a prisoner of war. Osman of Timişoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative comfort as a servant of one of Vienna's most elite aristocratic families. Decades later, as an old man in Istanbul, Osman would write an account of his experiences. A historical source of unparalleled richness, a swashbuckling adventure story, and a moving literary meditation on selfhood, bondage, and the impossibility of returning home, Prisoner of the Infidels is a foundational text for Ottoman cultural history. This major milestone of Turkish literature is finally available to English-speaking readers for the first time"--

Prisoner of the infidels

9780520383395

Gâvurların esiri.

English.

Osman Ağa,active 1671-1725.

Osman Ağa,active 1671-1725.

Austro-Turkish War, 1716-1718, Personal narratives, Turkish.

Prisoners of war-- Romania-- Timișoara, Biography.

Prisoners of war-- Turkey, Biography.

Prisoners of war.

Romania, Timișoara.

Turkey.

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Osman Ağa,active 1671-1725

Casale, Giancarlo

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[Book]

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