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

"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...

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1. Verfasser: Osman Ağa, active 1671-1725 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Casale, Giancarlo (HerausgeberIn, ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Turkish
Veröffentlicht: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Translated from the Turkish
Beschreibung:1 online resource (1 volume) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780520383401
0520383400

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