MELEVLI ŞEYH GALIB AND REFORM IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DURING THE REIGN OF SULTAN SELIM III (1789-1807)
MELEVLI ŞEYH GALIB AND REFORM IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE DURING THE REIGN OF SULTAN SELIM III (1789-1807)

Author(s): Leyla Amzi
Subject(s): Political history, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Naučnoistraživački institut »Ibn Sina«
Keywords: Seyh Galip; Sultan Selim III; Hüsn-ü Aşk – Beauty and Love; Nizam-i Cedid; Mevlevi; Ibn Arabi; Ottoman poetry; perpetual creation;
Summary/Abstract: A look at the intellectual environment of the period of Sultan Selim III as exemplified in Şeyh Galib’s seminal work reveals its Islamic context and a specific Ottoman Sufi tradition. Contrary to conventional historiography,the reforms of the late Ottoman period that started with the Nizam-i Cedid can be viewed within the framework of continuity of Ottoman socio-political thought and not only a mere product of the European influences at the time of imperial decline.

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