Beschreibung:
H. Erdem Cipa is Assistant Professor of Ottoman History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is author of Yavuz¿un Kavgasi: I. Selim¿in Saltanat M¿cadelesi and editor (with Emine Fetvaci) of Writing History at the Ottoman Court: Editing the Past, Fashioning the Future.
AcknowledgementsNote on TransliterationIntroductionPart One: The Making of a Sultan1. Politics of Succession: Selim's Path to the Throne2. Politics of FactionsPart Two: The Creation of Selim's Composite ImagePart Two Introduction: A Historiographical Survey3. Selim, The Legitimate Ruler4. Selim, The Idealized Ruler5. Selim, The Divinely Ordained RulerConclusionBibliographyIndex