The Ottoman World

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface 1 Letters of an Insecure Scholar, 1553  Zaifi, d. after 1557 Translated by A. Tunç Şen 2 Adversities at Sea: From Basra to Gujarat, 1554 Seydi Ali Reis, d. 1562 Translated by Ármin Vámbéry 3 Memoirs of an Ottoman Captive in Malta, 1597–98  Macuncuzade Mustafa, d. ca. Early Seventeenth Century Translated by Helga Anetshofer 4 The Excommunication of a Greek Orthodox Priest, ca. 1642 Synadinos of Serres, d. after 1662 Translated by Konrad Petrovszky 5 Dream Letters of a Sufi Woman in Skopje, 1640s Asiye Hatun, d. Second Half of Seventeenth Century Translated by Leslie Schick and Cemal Kafadar 6 Diary of a Sufi Sheikh in Plague-Ridden Istanbul, 1661 Seyyid Hasan Nuri, d. 1688 Translated by Mary Işın 7 Ramblings of an Eccentric Sufi Exiled on Limnos, ca. Early 1680s Niyazi-i Mısri, d. 1694 Translated by Hakan T. Karateke and Ferenc Csirkés 8 Adventures of an Ottoman Officer in Captivity, 1690–99 Osman Agha of Timişoara, Written ca. 1724 Translated by Hakan T. Karateke 9 The Trial of a Heretic, 1527 Told by Celalzade Mustafa, d. 1567 Translated by Kaya Şahin and Cornell H. Fleischer 10 The Life and Works of Two Mediocre Poets Told by Âşık Çelebi, d. 1572 Translated by Douglas Brookes 11 The Extraordinary Life Story of a Scholar Told by Mehmed Mecdi, d. 1591 Translated by Helga Anetshofer 12 On Servants and Slaves Mustafa Âli, d. 1600 Translated by Douglas Brookes 13 Children and Youth Court Records, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Selected by Yahya Araz; Translated by Hakan T. Karateke 14 Women at Courts of Law Court Records, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Translated by Hakan T. Karateke and N. İpek Hüner Cora 15 Prostitutes and Pimps  Court Records and Imperial Council Registers, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Translated by Marinos Sariyannis 16 On Nocturnal Activities Court Records, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Translated by Hakan T. Karateke 17 Impostors, Frauds, and Spies Various Documents, Sixteenth Century Translated by Christopher Markiewicz 18 The Madmen of Istanbul  Evliya Çelebi, d. after 1683 Translated by Hakan T. Karateke 19 Fetvas on Non-Muslims Various Grand Muftis, Sixteenth to Early Eighteenth Century Translated by Cornell Fleischer and Amir A. Toft 20 Conversion Among Ottoman Jews  Responsa by Various Rabbis, Sixteenth Century Translated by Matt Goldish 21 Marriage and Divorce Among Ottoman Jews  Responsa by Various Rabbis, Seventeenth Century Translated by Leah Bornstein-Makovetsky 22 News from Istanbul at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century The Chronicle of Selaniki Translated by H. Erdem Çıpa 23 Propagating the Faith in Constantinople Catholic Missionary Reports, Seventeenth Century Translated by Paolo Girardelli 24 An Armenian Chronicle of Crimea Khachatur of Kaffa, d. 1658 Translated by Naira Poghosyan 25 On Revenants and Ghosts  Various Documents, Sixteenth Century Translated by Marinos Sariyannis 26 Miracles of an Anatolian Sufi Saint The Hagiography of Hacı Bektaş, ca. Late Fifteenth Century Translated by Helga Anetshofer 27 A Dispute Concerning Sufi Tombs, 1619 Ömer Fuadi, d. 1636 Translated by John Curry 28 Preserving Public Health Court Records and Imperial Council Registers, Late Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Translated by Amir A. Toft 29 Traditional Medicine for Everyday Ailments Anonymous, Late Fifteenth Century Translated by Özgen Felek 30 Snake Medicine and Snake Charming in Cairo Evliya Çelebi, d. after 1683 Translated by Robert Dankoff and Sooyong Kim 31 On Smoking Tobacco Abdulmalik al-Isami, d. 1628; Katib Çelebi, d. 1657 Translated by Basil Salem and Geoffrey Lewis 32 Divining Past, Present, and Future in the Sand A Geomantic Miscellany, ca. Sixteenth Century Translated by Matthew Melvin-Koushki 33 Reading Character by Appearance The Book of Physiognomy, Hamdullah Hamdi, d. 1503 Translated by Helga Anetshofer and Hakan T. Karateke 34 Religious Guidance for Hunters Ebu Bekr el-Kızılhisari, ca. Late Seventeenth Century Translated by Christopher Markiewicz 35 Cultivating the Land The Splendor of the Garden, Sixteenth Century Translated by Hakan T. Karateke 36 Wonders of Art and Nature Anonymous, Sixteenth Century Translated by Ido Ben-Ami 37 On the Natural Advantages of Edirne Anonymous, Late Fifteenth to Early Sixteenth Century Translated by Amy Singer 38 The Legend of the Construction of Constantinople Anonymous, Sixteenth Century Translated by Dimitris J. Kastritsis 39 On the Construction of the Pyramids, ca. 1545 Celalzade Salih, d. 1565 Translated by Giancarlo Casale 40 An Ode to Istanbul Eremia Keomurchean Çelebi, d. 1695 Translated by Henry Shapiro 41 Passion and Murder on the Bosphorus Anonymous Tıfli Story, Probably in Circulation During the Later Seventeenth Century Translated by Helga Anetshofer 42 Stories of Guilt and Repentance Mehmed Nergisi, d. 1635 Translated by Gisela Procházka-Eisl 43 The Wiles of Women Anonymous, Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries Translated by N. İpek Hüner Cora and Helga Anetshofer 44 Social Criticism and Invective in Poetry Various Poets, Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries Translated by Sooyong Kim 45 Shrewd Witticisms by a Master Poet Zati’s Anecdotes, Sixteenth Century Translated by Helga Anetshofer 46 Subversive Jokes Featuring a Folk Hero Nasreddin Hoca Jokes, Sixteenth Century Translated by Kathleen Burrill Index