Honored by the glory of Islam: conversion and conquest in Ottoman Europe

Introduction: conversion of self, others, sacred space, and conquest -- Inauspicious enthronement -- A decade of crisis -- Enjoying good and forbidding wrong -- Islamizing Istanbul -- Conversion to piety, Mehmed iv and preacher Vani Mehmed Efendi -- Converting the Jewish prophet and Jewish physician...

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Main Author: Baer, Marc David 1970- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mehmed, IV., Osmanisches Reich, Sultan 1642-1692 / Ottoman Empire / Islam / Christian / Jews / Conversion (Religion) / History 1642-1693
Further subjects:B Turkey History Mehmed IV, 1648-1687
B Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
B Muslim converts from Christianity (Europe) History
B Mehmed IV Sultan of the Turks (1642-1693)
B Mehmed IV, osmanischer Sultan, geb. 1642, gest. 1693
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Summary:Introduction: conversion of self, others, sacred space, and conquest -- Inauspicious enthronement -- A decade of crisis -- Enjoying good and forbidding wrong -- Islamizing Istanbul -- Conversion to piety, Mehmed iv and preacher Vani Mehmed Efendi -- Converting the Jewish prophet and Jewish physicians -- Conversion and conquest: Ghazi Mehmed iv and Candia -- Conversion and conquest: ghaza in Central and Eastern Europe -- Hunting for converts -- The failed final jihad, hunting, and conversion -- Mehmed's life and legacy, from ghazi to hunter -- Conclusion: Islamic rulers and the process of conversion -- Postscript: silences and traces of the past
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Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0199797838