Books by Esin Atil (editor)
“In the last decades of his life, Süleyman commissioned a work on his reign, and the result is a history in verse, written in Persian, with magnificent illustrations, called the Süleymanname, i.e., the Book of Süleyman. Esin Atil’s study is based on the original. She doesn’t offer a full translation, but I don’t think it is necessary, as the flowery, classicized language would be quite inaccessible for today’s readers. Instead, she offers a long and informative introduction to Süleyman’s reign and the art and culture of the Ottoman elite, then reproductions of all the illustrations in the Süleymanname, accompanied with detailed descriptions and interpretations by a skilled, perceptive art historian.” Read more...
The best books on Sultan Süleyman
Kaya Şahin, Historian
Interviews where books by Esin Atil (editor) were recommended
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Suleymanname: The Illustrated History of Suleyman the Magnificent
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The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire
by Gülru Necipoglu -
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Bureaucrat and Intellectual in the Ottoman Empire: The Historian Mustafa Ali
by Cornell Fleischer -
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Empress of the East: How a Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
by Leslie Peirce -
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Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe
by John Julius Norwich
The best books on Sultan Süleyman, recommended by Kaya Şahin
The best books on Sultan Süleyman, recommended by Kaya Şahin
The Ottoman ruler Süleyman was one of the most powerful men in early modern Europe and highly adept at building his reputation for posterity. In European languages, he is still often graced with the epithet ‘the Magnificent.’ The reality was much more mixed, as a new biography of Süleyman shows. Historian Kaya Şahin talks us through books to better understand Sultan Süleyman and the world he lived in.
