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Prisoner of the infidels : the memoirs of an Ottoman Muslim in seventeenth-century Europe

Osman Ağa, active 1671-1725, author, Casale, Giancarlo, editor, translator, writer of introduction

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\"In 1688, five years after the failed Ottoman siege of Vienna, a young Muslim soldier surrendered to the Austrian army and became a prisoner of war. Osman of Timişoara would spend the next twelve years in captivity, at first under the cruelest and most inhuman conditions, and later in relative comfort as a servant of one of Vienna's most elite aristocratic families. Decades later, as an old man in Istanbul, Osman would write an account of his experiences. A historical source of unparalleled richness, a swashbuckling adventure story, and a moving literary meditation on selfhood, bondage, and the impossibility of returning home, Prisoner of the Infidels is a foundational text for Ottoman cultural history. This major milestone of Turkish literature is finally available to English-speaking readers for the first time\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Subject: Osman Ağa, active 1671-1725. / Austro-Turkish War, 1716-1718 Personal narratives, Turkish. / Prisoners of war Romania Timiṣoara Biography. / Prisoners of war Turkey Biography.
• ISBN: 9780520383395

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DR545 .O8513 2021	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE