Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Note on transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The historical epic A�hval-i Sul�tan Me�hemmed (the tales of Sultan Mehmed) in the context of early Ottoman historiography / Dimitris Kastritsis -- 2. The Memory of the Mongols in Early Ottoman Historiography / Baki Tezcan -- 3. Imperialism, Bureaucratic Consciousness, and the Historian's Craft: A Reading of Celalzade Mu�s�tafa's �Taba�kat�u'l-Memalik ve Derecat�u'l-Mesalik / Kaya Sahin -- 4. Conversion and Converts to Islam in Ottoman Historiography of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries / Tijana Krstic -- 5. Seeing the Past: Maps and Ottoman Historical Consciousness / Giancarlo Casale -- 6. From Adam to S�uleyman: Visual Representations of Authority in �Arif's Shahnama-yi Al-i �O�sman / Fatma Sinem Eryilmaz -- 7. The Challenge of Periodization: New Patterns in Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Historiography / Hakan T. Karateke -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

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