Archivum Ottomanicum 19 (2001)

Archivum Ottomanicum concerns itself primarily with Ottoman history and Ottoman philology. However, the editors also welcome articles on subjects related to Ottoman studies in the history and culture of Europe, including in particular Danubian Europe, the Black Sea area and the Caucasus, and in the history and culture of the Arab and the Iranian lands, and Byzantium. The publication of historical documents and records and their interpretation are of special interest. From the Contents: - M. M. Ilhan: Urfa and its environs in 4560s - B. Kellner-Heinkele: Manuscripts and manuscripts collections – treasures of the past in the light of the future - Y. Kerem: The development and current state of research on Ottoman Jewry - S. Kirillina: The Arab provinces of Ottoman Empire in Russian Oriental studies - N. Moacanin: Publishing Ottoman registers: some neglected points - A.-R. Abu-Husayn: The long rebellion: the Druzes and the Ottomans, 1516-1697