Das osmanische Reich in seinen Archivalien und Chroniken, Negat oyunc zu Ehren.

• Author: AKSAN, VIRGINIA H.
• Position: Review

Das osmanische Reich in seinen Archivalien und Chroniken, Negat G[ddot{o}]y[ddot{u}]nc zu Ehren. Edited by KLAUS KREISER and CHRISTOPH K. NEUMANN. Beiruter Texte und Studien, vol. 65; T[ddot{u}]rkische Welten, vol. 1. Istanbul and Stuttgart: FRANZ STEINER VERLAG, 1997. Pp. xxiii + 327. DM 128.

This volume of papers was put together to honor the career of Nejat G[ddot{o}]y[ddot{u}]nc, internationally recognized for his contributions to the field of Ottoman history, upon the occasion of his seventieth birthday and his election as an honorary member of the Deutsche Morgenl[ddot{a}]ndische Gesellschaft in September of 1995. The statement of induction, reproduced on pp. Ix-x, points particularly to G[ddot{o}]y[ddot{u}]nc's extensive knowledge of the Ottoman archives, his seminal regional studies, and his editorship of Osmanlt Arastirmalari/The Journal of Ottoman Studies as particularly noteworthy in a career that has spanned more than three decades. The editors of the volume have brought together colleagues, friends, and students of G[ddot{o}]y[ddot{u}]nc in a volume representative of Ottoman studies in the German speaking world. Recognizing G[ddot{o}]y[ddot{u}]nc's contribution to the development of Ottoman historiography in German universities, the editors elected to include only papers of those whose native tongue was German, or who were educated in a German-speaking university (p. x).

The list of authors is impressive; the topics are eclectic, as is often the case in celebratory collections. As a reviewer, I feel compelled to include the entire contents as a matter of information, but will pause on only one or two in detail. The selections include a translation of Sait Faik Abasiyanik's D[ddot{u}]lger Bali[check{g}]inin [ddot{O}]l[ddot{u}]m[ddot{u}], by J. C. B[ddot{u}]rgel; Suraiya Faroqhi, on women and the hajj in the fifteenth century; Michael Kiel, on Tatar Pazarcik (Pazardzhik in present-day Bulgaria); Markus K[ddot{o}]bach, on Ottoman-Habsburg relations in the sixteenth century; Klaus Kreiser, on Ottoman students on a visit to Germany in 1911; Hans Georg Majer, on documentary evidence about Kara...