Ottoman Tulips, Ottoman Coffee- Leisure and Lifestyle in the Eighteenth Century.pdf

OTTOMAN TULIPS, OTTOMAN COFFEE
To my parents, Amal and Wael, whose names mean
exactly what they have given me: Hope and Refuge
OTTOMAN TULIPS,
OTTOMAN COFFEE
Leisure and Lifestyle in the
Eighteenth Century




Edited by Dana Sajdi







Tauris Academic Studies
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Contents
List of Tables and Figures vi
Notes on Contributors vii
Preface, Note on Transliteration and Acknowledgements ix
1. Decline, its Discontents and Ottoman Cultural History:
By Way of Introduction
Dana Sajdi 1
2. The Perception of Saadabad: The ‘Tulip Age’ and
Ottoman–Safavid Rivalry
Can Erimtan 41
3. The First Ottoman Turkish Printing Enterprise:
ess or Failure?
Orlin Sabev (Orhan Salih) 63
4. Nahils, Circumcision Rituals and the Theatre State
Babak Rahimi 90
5. J