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" Prisoner of the infidels : "
Osman of Timişoara ; edited, translated, and introduced by Giancarlo Casale.
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BL
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1089473
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bc10720
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Uniform Title
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Gâvurların esiri.English.
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| Main Entry
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Osman Ağa,active 1671-1725
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Prisoner of the infidels : : the memoirs of an Ottoman Muslim in seventeenth-century Europe /\ Osman of Timişoara ; edited, translated, and introduced by Giancarlo Casale.
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| Publication Statement
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Oakland, California :: University of California Press,, [2021]
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1 online resource (1 volume) :: maps
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| ISBN
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9780520383401
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: 0520383400
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9780520383395
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| Notes
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Translated from the Turkish
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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List of maps -- Acknowledgments -- A note on transcription from Ottoman Turkish -- A note on translation -- Introduction: on being Osman -- Surrender -- Ransom -- Crime and punishment -- Death and resurrection -- Respite -- Bonds of love -- To the capital -- A friend in need -- An unexpected turn of events -- Into the lion's den -- Grifters -- To the border-- The end -- Appendix: main characters in Osman's narrative -- Notes -- Index of people -- Index of places.
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| Abstract
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"In 1688, five years after the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna, a young Muslim soldier surrendered to the Austrian army and became a prisoner of war. Osman of Timişoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative comfort as a servant of one of Vienna's most elite aristocratic families. Decades later, as an old man in Istanbul, Osman would write an account of his experiences. A historical source of unparalleled richness, a swashbuckling adventure story, and a moving literary meditation on selfhood, bondage, and the impossibility of returning home, Prisoner of the Infidels is a foundational text for Ottoman cultural history. This major milestone of Turkish literature is finally available to English-speaking readers for the first time"--
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Osman Ağa,active 1671-1725.
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Osman Ağa,active 1671-1725.
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Austro-Turkish War, 1716-1718, Personal narratives, Turkish.
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Prisoners of war-- Romania-- Timișoara, Biography.
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Prisoners of war-- Turkey, Biography.
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Prisoners of war.
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Romania, Timișoara.
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Turkey.
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| Dewey Classification
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943.6/031092B
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| LC Classification
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DR545.O8513 2021
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| Added Entry
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Casale, Giancarlo
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