Prisoner Of The Infidels: The Memoir Oan Ottan Muslim In Seventeenth-Century Europe

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 Timisoara 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--

• | Author: Osman of Timisoara
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: 7-Sep-21
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0520383397
• | ISBN-13: 9780520383395