Ottoman-Polish Diplomatic Relations (15th-18th Century):An Annotated Edition of 'Ahdnames and Other Documents (Ottoman Empire & Its Heritage) (Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage)

by: Professor Dariusz Kolodziejczyk (Author)

Publisher: Brill

Publication Date: 19 Nov. 1999

Language: English

Print Length: 832 pages

ISBN-10: 9004112804

ISBN-13: 9789004112803

Book Description

This volume deals with the history of the Ottoman-Polish political and diplomatic relations, and with the role and function of inteational treaties in early mode Europe, especially in the contacts between the Christian and Muslim states.The extensive introduction consists of two parts:Part I examines diplomatic problems conceing "capitulations" ('ahdnames), demarcation protocols (hududnames) and other Ottoman and Polish documents related to peace. Part II provides a chronological survey of the Polish-Ottoman relations covering the years 1414-1795, and then follow the texts of 69 documents composed in Turkish (rendered in a Latin transcription), Polish, Latin, Italian, and French. Turkish and Polish texts are provided with English translations. 32 documents preserved in originals are published in full facsimiles as well. The publication is enriched with bibliography, directory of geographical and ethnic terms, index and 3 maps.

About the Author

About the Author Dariusz Kolodziejczyk, Ph.D. (1990) in History, Warsaw University, is Assistant Professor of History at Warsaw University. He has published a monograph of the Ottoman rule in Podolia Ejalet Kamieniecki 1672-1699 (Warsaw, 1994) and The Ottoman Survey Register of Podolia (ca. 1681) (Cambridge, Mass., 1998).