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The Making of Selim - by H Erdem Cipa (Paperback)

The Making of Selim - by  H Erdem Cipa (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In death, Selim continued to serve the empire, becoming represented in ways that reinforced an idealized image of Muslim sovereignty in the early modern Eurasian world.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The father of the legendary Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, Selim I (The Grim) set the stage for centuries of Ottoman supremacy by doubling the size of the empire. Conquering Eastern Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt, Selim promoted a politicized Sunni Ottoman* identity against the Shiite Safavids of Iran, thus shaping the early modern Middle East. Analyzing a wide array of sources in Ottoman-Turkish, Persian, and Arabic, H. Erdem Cipa offers a fascinating revisionist reading of Selim's rise to power and the subsequent reworking and mythologizing of his persona in 16th- and 17th-century Ottoman historiography. In death, Selim continued to serve the empire, becoming represented in ways that reinforced an idealized image of Muslim sovereignty in the early modern Eurasian world.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>H. Erdem Cipa's monograph provides a timely investigation of the reign of Sultan Selim I and its subsequent commemoration in Ottoman historiography, not least because this particular ruler remains an important figure in the still ongoing re-evaluation of Ottoman history in Turkey.</p></p>-- "English Historical Review"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>H. Erdem Cipa is Assistant Professor of Ottoman History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is author of <i>Yavuz'un Kavgası I. Selim'in Saltanat Mücadelesi</i> and editor (with Emine Fetvacı) of <i>Writing History at the Ottoman Court: Editing the Past, Fashioning the Future</i>.</p>

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