Archivum Ottomanicum 18 (2000)

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 The publication of historical documents and records and their interpretation are of special interest.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. Nicolas: La découverte de la flore anatolienne par les voyageurs occidentaux - C. E. Farah: Khwalddyah Salah: spy, patriot and pan-islamist - E. Ihsanoglu: The initial stage of the historiography of Ottoman medreses (1916-1965) - S. Faroqhi: Ottoman peasants and rural life: the historiography of the twentieth century - G. Hagen: Some considerations on the study of Ottoman geographical writings - K. R. Hopwood: The use of material culture in writing Ottoman history - G. Hazai: Ein „Iskendername“ als politische Zweckschrift aus der Zeit von Süleyman dem Prächtigen