The Ottoman Empire And The World Arount It By Suraiya Farooqi
In a sense, this study deals with one of the oldest and most often studied topics in
Ottoman history. From the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries onwards, European
ambassadors, merchants and other travellers made it their business to write about
their various receptions in the Ottoman lands and, analysed with due caution,
these accounts are germane to our topic. On the other hand, Ottoman writers of
the sixteenth or seventeenth century In a sense, this study deals with one of the oldest and most often studied topics in
Ottoman history
