Spies For The Sultan

Author : Emrah Safa Gürkan
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647124425
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spies for the Sultan written by Emrah Safa Gürkan and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated into English for the first time, this is a fascinating history of intelligence practices and their impact on great power rivalries in the early modern era In the sixteenth century, an intense rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Habsburg Empire and its allies spurred the creation of early modern intelligence. Translated into English for the first time, Emrah Safa Gürkan's Spies for the Sultan reconstructs this history of Ottoman espionage, sabotage, and bribery practices in the Mediterranean world. Then as now, collecting political, naval, military, and economic information was essential to staying one step ahead of your rivals. Porous and shifting borders, the ability to assume multiple identities, and variable allegiances made conditions in this era ripe for espionage around the Mediterranean. The Ottomans used networks of merchants, corsairs, soldiers, and other travelers to move among their enemies and report intelligence from points far and wide. The Ottoman sultans invested in the novel technologies of cryptography and stenography. Ottoman intelligence operatives not only collected information but also used disinformation, bribery, and sabotage to subvert their enemies. This history of early modern intelligence is based on extraordinary archival research in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Austria, and Croatia, and it provides important insights into the origins of modern intelligence.

Author : Emrah Safa Gürkan
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1647124417
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spies for the Sultan written by Emrah Safa Gürkan and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2024-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated into English for the first time, this is a fascinating history of intelligence practices and their impact on great power rivalries in the early modern era In the sixteenth century, an intense rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Habsburg Empire and its allies spurred the creation of early modern intelligence. Translated into English for the first time, Emrah Safa Gürkan's Spies for the Sultan reconstructs this history of Ottoman espionage, sabotage, and bribery practices in the Mediterranean world. Then as now, collecting political, naval, military, and economic information was essential to staying one step ahead of your rivals. Porous and shifting borders, the ability to assume multiple identities, and variable allegiances made conditions in this era ripe for espionage around the Mediterranean. The Ottomans used networks of merchants, corsairs, soldiers, and other travelers to move among their enemies and report intelligence from points far and wide. The Ottoman sultans invested in the novel technologies of cryptography and stenography. Ottoman intelligence operatives not only collected information but also used disinformation, bribery, and sabotage to subvert their enemies. This history of early modern intelligence is based on extraordinary archival research in Turkey, Spain, Italy, Austria, and Croatia, and it provides important insights into the origins of modern intelligence.

Author : Ibrāhīm Muwayliḥī
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742562172
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spies, Scandals, and Sultans written by Ibrāhīm Muwayliḥī and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of a critical portrait of the Ottoman capital of Istanbul during the days of the Sultan Abd al-Hamid.

Author : Allan R Gall
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1912643081
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Save an Empire written by Allan R Gall and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1877, when Russia attacks the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Abduelhamit II must fight a devastating war to preserve his ethnically diverse territories that stretch across three continents. At home, he feels threatened from within by Mithat Pasha, a respected reformer, who has popular support for a constitution that would curb the sultan's authority and give the people a voice in their government. Aware of these challenges, Abduelhamit's Belgian wife, Flora Cordier, hopes to remain his confidante and helpmate as he decides how to govern: the iron-fisted rule of his ancestors, the democracy proposed by Mithat, or the diplomacy that exposes his weakened military power. No matter his choice, he is responsible for the suffering of his people.To Save an Empire explores the impact of religious and ethnic conflict in the Ottoman Empire of the late 19th century on the lives of ordinary people-Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Refugees flee atrocities that incite revenge, but also arouse charity and love. A story of love found and lost, of war and its consequences. Today's Balkans and Middle East emerge from the era's political forces of terrorism, imperialism, nationalism, and religion. It is a modern story.______________________________________________________________________________"e;[Gall]...artfully brings to life the political intrigues of an empire sliding into irrelevance. The Ottoman Empire emerges as a kind of protagonist all its own, eager to become strengthened by its embrace of modernity and the West, but also anxious about surrendering its cultural and religious identity. ... A magnificently researched tale of a troubled empire that's also dramatically captivating."e; - Kirkus reviews "e;Fiction as only history can tell it, all the more moving because we know it is not fiction. ...a compelling story."e; - Bulent Atalay, physicist and author of Math and the Mona Lisa and Leonardo's Universe

Author : R. A. PADMANABHA RAO
Publisher : Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
ISBN 13 : 8123025815
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Telugu (Indian Classics) written by R. A. PADMANABHA RAO and published by Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic, they say, is a book, which people praise but do not read. The book is praised because it is supposed to embody the best of human thought. The present series, INDIAN CLASSICS is designed to bring out the best in Indian thought in a form, which makes these great books readable.

Author : Tīpū Sulṭān (Mysore, Nawab.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Select letters of Tippoo Sultan to various public functionaries written by Tīpū Sulṭān (Mysore, Nawab.) and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Radhey Shyam Chaurasia
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
ISBN 13 : 9788126904488
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Middle East written by Radhey Shyam Chaurasia and published by Atlantic Publishers & Dist. This book was released on 2005 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History Of Middle East Is An Attempt To Make An In-Depth Study Of The Subject, Beginning From The Evolution Of Human Civilization To The Present Decade, And To Highlight The Past Glory And Splendour Of Egypt And Mesopotamia, The Origin And Development Of Christianity, Judaism And Islam In This Sacred Place. The Book Extensively Deals With The Split Of Middle East Into Several Countries Like Israel, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Etc. After The First World War. History Of All These Countries Uptil 2004 Has Been Provided In Detail With The Main Emphasis On The Recent Wars Like The Arab-Israel Wars, Attack On Kuwait By The Iraqi Forces Under Saddam Hussain, And The Anglo-American Allied Forces Attacks On Iraq To Liberate It From The Tyranny Of Sadam Hussain. In Addition, The Present Unstable Condition Of Iraq, The Alarming Terrorists Attacks In Iraq, The Ceaseless Efforts Of U.N.O. In Establishing Peace And Democracy In The Region, And The World Pressure On Israel To Give Palestine To Arabs, Are Few Other Major Areas Of The Present Study.The Book, Being Remarkably Informative Of Both The Past And Current Events In The Historical, Political And International Arena, Would Be A Good Addition To One S Collection Of Books. It Is Particularly Recommended To The Scholars Of History And Political Science For Its Comparative And Analytical Approach To The Latest Developments In The Middle East.

Author : Alan Mikhail
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571331920
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God's Shadow written by Alan Mikhail and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the aid of his extraordinarily gifted mother, Gülbahar, hugely expanded the empire, propelling it onto the world stage. Aware of centuries of European suppression of Islamic history, Alan Mikhail centers Selim's Ottoman Empire and Islam as the very pivots of global history, redefining such world-changing events as Christopher Columbus's voyages - which originated, in fact, as a Catholic jihad that would come to view Native Americans as somehow "Moorish" - the Protestant Reformation, the transatlantic slave trade, and the dramatic Ottoman seizure of the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on previously unexamined sources and written in gripping detail, Mikhail's groundbreaking account vividly recaptures Selim's life and world. An historical masterwork, God's Shadow radically reshapes our understanding of a world we thought we knew.A leading historian of his generation, Alan Mikhail, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Yale University, has reforged our understandings of the past through his previous three prize-winning books on the history of Middle East.

Author : William Thomas Stead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Review of Reviews written by William Thomas Stead and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Fouzia Farooq Ahmed
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786720825
Total Pages : 377 pages
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Download or read book Muslim Rule in Medieval India written by Fouzia Farooq Ahmed and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Delhi Sultanate ruled northern India for over three centuries. The era, marked by the desecration of temples and construction of mosques from temple-rubble, is for many South Asians a lightning rod for debates on communalism, religious identity and inter-faith conflict. Using Persian and Arabic manuscripts, epigraphs and inscriptions, Fouzia Farooq Ahmad demystifies key aspects of governance and religion in this complex and controversial period. Why were small sets of foreign invaders and administrators able to dominate despite the cultural, linguistic and religious divides separating them from the ruled? And to what extent did people comply with the authority of sultans they knew very little about? By focusing for the first time on the relationship between the sultans, the bureaucracy and the ruled Muslim Rule in Medieval India outlines the practical dynamics of medieval Muslim political culture and its reception. This approach shows categorically that sultans did not possess meaningful political authority among the masses, and that their symbols of legitimacy were merely post hoc socio-cultural embellishments.Ahmad's thoroughly researched revisionist account is essential reading for all students and researchers working on the history of South Asia from the medieval period to the present day.