Table of Contents

List of maps; Publisher's preface; Introduction M. A. Cook; 1. The rise of the Ottoman Empire H. İnalcik; 2. The reigns of Bāyezīd II and Selīm I, 1451–1520 V. J. Parry; 3. The reign of Sulaimān the Magnificent, 1520–66 V. J. Parry; 4. The successors of Sulaimān, 1566–1617 V. J. Parry; 5. The period of Murād IV, 1617–48 V. J. Parry; 6. The reign of Mehmed IV, 1648–87 A. N. Kurat; 7. The retreat of the Turks, 1683–1730 A. N. Kurat and J. S. Bromley; Biographical note; Index.

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This book traces the steps by which the empire built on its fourteenth-century beginnings to the high point of its European power.