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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Baer, Marc David, 1970– author.
Title: The Ottomans : khans, caesars, and caliphs / Marc David Baer.
Description: First edition. | New York : Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021004793 | ISBN 9781541673809 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781541673779 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Turkey—History—Ottoman Empire, 1288–1918.
Classification: LCC DR486 .B33 2021 | DDC 956/.0150922—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021004793
ISBNs: 978-1-5416-7380-9 (hardcover), 978-1-5416-7377-9 (ebook)
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