Ottoman Hıstory Through The Eyes Of Aşıkpaşazade

Acknowledgements

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Introduction

1. 1. Aşıkpaşazade from a modern perspective

   Sources and textual traditions of fifteenth-century Ottoman Historiography

   The approach of modern scholarship to the development of Ottoman Historiography

   A chronological portrayal of Aşıkpaşazade in secondary literature

2. 2. The historiographical issues surrounding the use of Aşıkpaşazade as a source

   Portrayal of Aşıkpaşazade by modern Turkish scholarship: is the tag of nationalism relevant?

   The portrayal of Aşıkpaşazade as a propagandist of the Ottoman dynasty

   Ottoman Genealogy

   The Ottomans' arrival into Anatolia

   Dream of Osman Ghazi

3. 3. The content and logic of Aşıkpaşazade’s history of the Ottoman Dynasty

   The nature and structure of Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty

   Aşıkpaşazade’s sources for his History of the Ottoman Dynasty

   The use of Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty by Neşri

4. 4. The themes and topoi identifiable in Aşıkpaşazade’s history of the Ottoman Dynasty

   Aşıkpaşazade’s treatment of the Ottoman rulers

   Aşıkpaşazade and the concept of istimâlet

   An evaluation of the poetry in Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty

5. 5. Aşıkpazade’s history of the Ottoman dynasty as an autobiographical source

   An evaluation of the autobiographical references in Aşıkpaşazade’s History of the Ottoman Dynasty

Conclusion

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