Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment
Ottomans in Eighteenth-Century Prussia: Delegates to Diplomats
By Irena Fliter
The first overarching study of Ottomans in Prussia, the book shows how Ottomans and Prussians negotiated diplomatic conventions and Orientalist ideas. Unpacking the history of official and daily diplomacy in late-Enlightenment Berlin, it sheds light on the formation of Ottoman-European relations.
A unique book that sheds light on the quintessentially Ottoman way of conducting diplomacy during the second half of the eighteenth century.
A multifaceted study that illuminates the extensive cooperation of Ottoman Muslim, Jewish, and Christian delegates during their embassies in eighteenth-century Prussia.
A deeply researched study with a rare combination of sources from Prussian and Ottoman archives that offers a fresh and fascinating perspective on early modern diplomatic relations.
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Table of Contents:
Ottoman Delegates
Transliteration, Places, Dates, and Currencies
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Setting of Ottoman-Prussian Diplomatic Relations
Chapter 2: Negotiating Diplomatic Conventions of Ottoman Missions
Chapter 3: Agents and Channels of Diplomatic Funding and Communication
Chapter 4: The Diplomatic Status of Ottoman Delegates
Chapter 5: Diplomacy, Transcultural Entanglements, and Knowledge Exchanges
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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Irena Fliter is a historian at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, where she is working on a book about the Camondo family as cultural translators between the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire and Europe. Her research focuses on Ottoman-European diplomatic, cultural, and economic relations during the early modern period.
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