CONTENTS

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Author’s Note
  7. Maps
  8. Introduction: The White Castle
  9. 1. The Beginning: Gazi Osman and Orhan
  10. 2. The Sultan and His Converted Slaves: Murad I
  11. 3. Resurrecting the Dynasty: Bayezid I, Mehmed I, and Murad II
  12. 4. Conquering the Second Rome: Mehmed II
  13. 5. A Renaissance Prince: Mehmed II
  14. 6. A Pious Leader Faces Enemies at Home and Abroad: Bayezid II
  15. 7. Magnificence: From Selim I to the First Ottoman Caliph, Suleiman I
  16. 8. Sultanic Saviours
  17. 9. The Ottoman Age of Discovery
  18. 10. No Way Like the ‘Ottoman Way’
  19. 11. Harem Means Home
  20. 12. Bearded Men and Beardless Youths
  21. 13. Being Ottoman, Being Roman: From Murad III to Osman II
  22. 14. Return of the Gazi: Mehmed IV
  23. 15. A Jewish Messiah in the Ottoman Palace
  24. 16. The Second Siege of Vienna and the Sweet Waters of Europe: From Mehmed IV to Ahmed III
  25. 17. Reform: Breaking the Cycle of Rebellion from Selim III to Abdülaziz I
  26. 18. Repression: A Modern Caliph, Abdülhamid II
  27. 19. Looking Within: The Ottoman Orient
  28. 20. Saving the Dynasty from Itself: Young Turks
  29. 21. The Genocide of the Armenians and the First World War: Talat Pasha
  30. 22. The End: Gazi Mustafa Kemal
  31. Conclusion: The Ottoman Past Endures
  32. Photos
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Discover More
  35. About the Author
  36. List of Ottoman Rulers and Their Reigns
  37. Notes
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