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Ottoman Women
0$29.95Myth and Reality
Guided by the accounts of such female travelers as Lady Montagu, Julia Pardoe, and Lucy Garnett, all of whom lived in Ottoman lands for significant periods of time, this beautifully illustrated book explores and hopes to overturn the 19th-century stereotypes of Ottoman women. Both Eastern and Western accounts of Turkish society during that time made much of the harem, with Orientalist writers describing Turkish women as exotic, indolent, and depraved, while some Europeans usual
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The Blessed Cities of Islam: Mecca-Medina
0$19.95Articles by Fethullah Gulen:
* The Ka’ba and the Golden Gutter
* The Prophet’s Mosque and the Rawda
* Mina, Mount Arafat, and pilgrimage
* Cemeteries of Jannat al-Mualla and Jannat al-BaqiMecca and Medina are the two sanctuaries of Islam, places which every Muslim dreams of visiting at least once in a lifetime. Mecca is believed to be the very first location of human settlement and it was the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. The Ka’ba, found in Mecca, was r
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The Sacred Trusts
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A first time comprehensive album presenting the marvelous collection of the sacred relics at Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul. The collection includes hundreds of invaluable belongings of Prophets such as Abraham, Moses, and Muhammad as well as Prophet Muhammad’s Companions and a number of Muslim saints. Excavated from the most restricted rooms of the palace, the entire selection is compiled here for the first time, including those that are not on
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The Yildiz Albums of Sultan Abdulhamid: Mecca-Medina
0The most exquisite memories of Ottoman history are brought back to life with an album of photographs from the Yildiz Collection. In the 1880s upon the order of Sultan Abdulhamid II, Mecca, and Medina, the two sanctuaries of Islam, were photographed and cataloged, together with thousands of other frames that portrayed the Ottoman lands. There are over 80 photographs in the album showing us what these holy cities looked like in the 19th century and what they have lost over the course of time. Incl
