Spies, Scandals, and Sultans Istanbul in the

Over Yonder is the first English translation of a fascinating and acidly critical portrait of the Ottoman capital of Istanbul during the days of the Sultan Abd al-Hamid. This is the first time that the text, written by an Egyptian journalist and politician, has been available since 1896. The text of the Arabic original is prefaced with an extensive introduction in which the author's life is discussed and the highly controversial contents of the book are contextualized and evaluated for their accuracy against other contemporary accounts of life in the Ottoman capital.

A Note on Transliteration	p. vii
The Later Ottoman Sultans	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Translation
Concerning the Circumstances of the Ottoman Sultanate	p. 23
Almabayn	p. 29
The Chief Secretary's Department in Almabayn	p. 33
The Almabaynjiyya Department in Almabayn	p. 39
The Department of the Chief Eunuch in Almabayn	p. 49
The Department of the Yavaran in Almabayn	p. 63
Spies	p. 73
Anniversary of the Sultan's Accession	p. 87
Spies (II)	p. 97
Splendor of the Caliphate and Magnificence of the Sultanate	p. 103
Appointment to Ottoman Offices	p. 119
Court Proceedings in Istanbul	p. 129
Shaykhs	p. 133
Writing Ma Hunalik	p. 155
The Sultan	p. 163
Deposition of Sultans	p. 169
Glossary	p. 177
Index	p. 179
About the Translator	p. 185
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Spies, Scandals, and Sultans Istanbul in the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire

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