Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire 1. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire Part 2: Precursors of the Rise 2. The Sultan of Rum 3. Two Chapters in the History of Rum 4. Two Conference Papers From Leiden (1936) 5. From the Defeat at Ankara to the Conquest of Constantinople (A Half-Century of Ottoman History) 6. Two Essays on Mehmed II: Muhammed II and Fath Mubin

About the Author

Paul Wittek (1894-1978) was one of the leading Ottoman historians of his generation. He was the first holder of the Chair of Turkish at the University of London, UK. Colin Heywood has taught Middle East history at a number of American universities and at the School of Oriental and African Studies, UK. His current areas of work include the pre-Ottoman history of the Western Black Sea littoral and the intellectual legacy of Wittek's contributions to Ottoman history.

Reviews

"Colin Heywood ‘s publication of Paul Wittek’s Rise of the Ottoman Empire and other works... is almost as important as the publication of the original. Heywood has produced an outstanding, erudite work in commenting on Wittek's life and career... Heywood has succeeded in vigorously reasserting Wittek’s indisputable place in Ottoman historiography and his own fine contribution to the same history. We all should be grateful to him not only for signalling Wittek’s extraordinary contribution to Seljuki and Ottoman historiography but also for bringing to historians’ attention many of Wittek’s lesser-known works and clarifying their content and the circumstance of their writing."- Kemal H. Karpat, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Int. J. Turkish Studies Vol. 18, Nos. 1&2, 2012