![]() ![]() This brand new translation brings Evliya sparklingly back to life. (source: Nielsen Book Data) Publisher's summaryĮvliya Celebi was the 17th century's most diligent, adventurous, and honest recorder, whose puckish wit and humor are laced throughout his ten-volume masterpiece. This brand new translation by the foremost scholar of his age, brings Evliya sparkling to life, so that we can relish his charm and intelligence once more, whether he is describing high jinks in the bathhouses, being kidnapped by bandits, Ottoman Istanbul in its baroque heyday or a worldwide convention of trapeze artists. He is in the pantheon of the great travel-writers of the world, though virtually unknown to western readers. Publisher's summaryĮvliya Celebi was the Orhan Pamuk of the 17th century, the Pepys of the Ottoman world - a diligent, adventurous and honest recorder with a puckish wit and humour. Evliya Celebi was the 17th century's most diligent, adventurous, and honest recorder, whose puckish wit and humor are laced throughout his ten-volume masterpiece. In 2011, the year which would have been his 400th birthday, Evliya is being paid homage as UNESCO’s Man of the Year.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. Sometimes these encounters lead to nothing but sometimes they lead to stories which are so deeply felt, and so universally melodic that they leave echoes which can still be heard and felt today. Evliya was in Asia Minor, historical Armenia, and the Caucasus ca. A Wikipedia entry (Evliya Çelebi) describes his life and extensive travels, made over a 40-year period. Over the course of his travels he wrote ten volumes detailing his adventures. The author was an Ottoman Turkish officer and diplomat. Evliya Celebi was an enlightened man in a variety of ways who believed in equality, freedom of thought and intellectual debate, and found all of these things present in Islamic societies. This 17th century Muslim traveller can sometimes seem narrow-minded and yet this same man can stand in St Stephens Cathedral in Vienna and be moved by the music he hears. The download contains both volumes of this two-volume set, in 460 searchable and bookmarked pdf pages. ![]() by Evliya elebi, Celebi Evilya, Martin Van Bruinessen, and Hendrik Boeschoten First published in 1988 2 editions in 1 language. Through his stories, we are prompted to think more imaginatively about our own travels and journeys to other cities. Evliya Celebi's book of travels: land and people of the Ottoman Empire in the seventeenth century : a corpus of partial editions. ![]() These are not just factual accounts, Evliya had a great imagination and just as important as his journal entries was the imaginative storytelling that ran alongside, elaborating, exaggerating, and fantasizing. Evliy Çelebis Book of Travels Series Editor: Klaus Kreiser Publishes scholarly editions of portions of the Seyahatname, with English translation and commentary. ‘Seyahatname’ – Book of Travels – is a unique and important text, representing one of the few accounts of the 17th century and the Ottoman world from the perspective of a Muslim. Evliya Celebi was an enlightened man in a variety of ways who believed in equality, freedom of thought and intellectual debate, and found all of these things present in Islamic societies.
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