CONTENTS
Reading edition
PART I
THE GROWTH OF EMPIRE
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I.OTHMAN (1288-1326)13
II.ORCHAN (1326-59)20
III.MURAD I (1359-89)31
IV.BAYEZID I (1389-1403)44
V.MAHOMET I (1413-21)59
VI.MURAD II (1421-51)64
VII.MAHOMET II, ‘THE CONQUEROR’ (1451-81)73
VIII.BAYEZID II (1481-1512)98
IX.SELIM I (1512-20)103
X.SOLYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT (1520-66)114
XI.GRAND VIZIER SOKOLLI (1566-78)136
PART II
THE DECAY OF EMPIRE
XII.THE RULE OF SULTANAS (1578-1656)151
XIII.THE KIUPRILI VIZIERS (1656-1702)168
XIV.TO THE TREATY OF PASSAROWITCH (1702-18)191
XV.TO THE TREATY OF BELGRADE (1718-39)203
XVI.TO THE TREATY OF KAINARDJI (1739-74)211
XVII.TO THE TREATY OF JASSY (1774-92)223
XVIII.TO THE TREATY OF BUCHAREST (1792-1812)238
XIX.MAHMOUD II (1808-39)255
XX.THE RULE OF ELCHIS (1839-76)287
XXI.ABDUL HAMID II (1876-1909)316
XXII.THE YOUNG TURKS (1909-14)352
XXIII.A RETROSPECT369
APPENDIX—GENEALOGY OF THE OTTOMAN SULTANS382
INDEX385