Main entry:

Özgüleş, Muzaffer, 1979- author.

Title & Author:

The women who built the Ottoman world : female patronage and the architectural legacy of Gülnuş Sultan / Muzaffer Özgüleş.

Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris : Published in association with the Barakat Trust, 2017.
©2017

Description:

xxvi, 325 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), genealogical table ; 23 cm.

Series:

Library of Ottoman studies ; 60

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-310) and index.
Part I: Ottoman Sultana : wife, mother and patron. Introduction: The forgotten star of the Sultanate of women ; 1. The most itinerant Sultana of the harem : the extraordinary life of a bishop's daughter ; 2. Building activities of Ottoman Sultanas up to Gülnuş Sultan - Part II: The building activities of Gülnuş Sultan. 3. Conquest and conversion : Gülnuş Sultan's name on the frontiers ; 4. Statement of religiosity : Mecca and the pilgrimage route ; 5. Galata new mosque : Islamization of the Catholic land ; 6. Water for all : fountains in Edirne, Galata and beyond ; 7. Magnum opus : Üsküdar Yeni Valide complex - Part III: Architectural legacy of Ottoman royal women. 8. Building activities of Ottoman Sultanas after Gülnuş Sultan ; 9. A comparison : Where do the buildings of Gülnuş Sultan stand within Ottoman architecture? -- 10. Epilogue: Determinants of Ottoman royal women's building activities - Appendices. 1. The list of Gülnuş Sultan's buildings and repairs ; 2. The map of Gülnuş Sultan's buildings' locations and routes of her travels ; 3. Table of Gülnuş Sultan's Waqfiyyas (Endowment deeds) and their postscripts ; 4. Table of attendants' numbers and wages of Gülnuş Sultan's Waqfs ; 5. Table of expenses of building activities of Gülnuş Sultan ; 6. Chronology of Ottoman Queen Mothers and favourites ; 7. Translation of the lyrics of 'Papa Vorias', a Cretan folk song about Gülnuş Sultan.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

At the beginning of the 18th Century, the Ottoman Empire remained the grandest and most powerful of Middle Eastern Empires. This book reveals the empire's role of powerful women - often the head of the harem, or wives or mothers of Sultans. These educated and discerning patrons left a great array of buildings across the Ottoman lands; opulent, lavish and powerful palaces and mausoleums, but also essential works for ordinary citizens, such as bridges and waterworks.

ISBN:

9781784539269 (hardback)
1784539260 (hardback)

Subject:

Gülnûş Sultan, 1642-1715.
Women Turkey Biography.
Architecture Turkey 17th century.
Architecture Turkey 18th century.
Architecture Turquie 17e siècle.
Architecture Turquie 18e siècle.
Architecture.
Women.
Architecture Turkey History 17th century.
Architecture Turkey HIstory 18th century.
Turkey History Mehmed IV, 1648-1687.
Empire ottoman Histoire 1648-1687 (Mehmet IV)
Turkey.
Turkey History 18th century

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Library of Ottoman studies ; v. 60.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 299235
Call No.: BIB 245345
Status: Available