The joys of philology : studies in Ottoman literature, history and orientalism ; 1500 - 1923 Volume II, Orientalists, travellers and merchants in the Ottoman Empire, political relations between Europe and the Porte

This is the second volume of Jan Schmidt's collection of essays on Ottoman history, literature and historiography. CONTENTS Part One. Orientalists 1. An Ostrich Egg for Golius; the John Rylands Library MS Persian 913 and the History of Early Modern Contacts between the Dutch Republic and the Islamic World 2. Franz von Dombay and the Bosnian Border 3. Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje in Istanbul, 1908 4. The Importance of the Süssheim Papers for Modern Turkish History 5. Karl Süssheim and the Bavarian Postal Censorship During the First World War 6. Franz Taeschner's Collection of Turkish Manuscripts in the Leiden University Library Part Two. Travellers and Merchants in the Ottoman Empire 1. Ottoman Hajj Manuals and the John Rylands Library MS Turkish 88 2. The Travel Notes of Dutch Pastor in Anatolia, 1717-1727 3. Dutch Merchants in 18th-century Ankara 4. The Return Journey of Baron Van Dedem van de Gelder, Dutch Ambassador to the Sublime Porte, in 1793 5. Dutch Opium Dealers in the Levant, 1820-1945 Part Three. Political Relations between Europe and the Porte 1. French-Ottoman Relations in the Early Modern Period and the John Rylands Library MSS Turkish 45 & 46 2. "Showing the Flag". The Dutch Navy in Ottoman Waters, 1875-1925 3. The Herklots Affair of 1893. A Case Study in Capitalism and Power Politics This is the first volume of Jan Schmidt’s collection of essays on Ottoman history, literature and historiography.