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Historians of the Ottoman Empire: www.ottomanhistorians.com

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Hakan T. Karateke
Hakan T. Karateke*
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Harvard University
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Historians of the Ottoman Empire is an online encyclopedia project whose first articles were recently published. The project aims to provide comprehensive information on the lives and works of Ottoman historians, who spent most, or at least a significant part, of their lives as Ottoman subjects. All articles will be published online as a searchable database and will be available free of charge. Once published, the articles will be kept up-to-date through constant revisions.

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Review of Middle East Studies , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , December 2005 , pp. 163 - 167
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Copyright © Middle East Studies Association of North America 2005

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References

1 Among other works which deal with the subject in a less comprehensive manner and thus have not become standard reference works are: 1) von, Ottocar M.Schlechta-Wssehrd’s rarely found and rarely used work entitledDie osmanischen Geschichtsschreiber der neueren Zeit (Vienna, 1856)Google Scholar, comprised of short biographies of historians who produced their sholarly works between 1774–1826. An interesting aspect of this particular work is its author’s detailed description of contents of manuscripts located in his own library; 2) Mehmed Cemaleddin’s Ayine-i Zürefa, which has later been expanded and published with the title Osmanli Tarih ve Müverrihleri, includes the biographies of 57 historians (Istanbul, 1314/1896) (new edition: Istanbul, 2003). I have not had the chance to consult Smirnov’s, V.D.Ocherk istorii tureckoj literatury (Petersburg, 1891).Google Scholar

2 GOW received a lot of criticism as well. For reviews of the work see: Jorga, N., Byzantinische Zeitschrift 28 (1928): 144–46;Google Scholar [Jorga, N.?], Revue historique du Sud-est Européen 5/1–3 (1928): 81–88;Google ScholarMordtmann, J.H., Ungarische Jahrbücher 7/1–2 (1928): 164–67;Google ScholarTaeschner, Franz, Byzantinisch-Neugriechische Jahrbücher 7 (1928–29 [1930]): 489–94Google Scholar; Bajraktarević, F., Glasnik Skopskog naučnog Društva 7–8 (1929–30): 391–94Google Scholar; Hartmann, R., Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 32/1 (1929): 41–44Google Scholar; Giese, F., Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 84 (1930): 275–76Google Scholar; Minorsky, V., Journal Asiatique 219 (1931): 179–82Google Scholar; Wittek, Paul, Der Islam 20 (1932): 196–207Google Scholar; (on the Turkish translation) Beydilli, K., Türklük Araştirmalan Dergisi 1 (1984 [1985]): 358–65.Google Scholar

3 For Arabie literature see: Wüstenfeld, Ferdinand, Die Geschichtschreiber der Araber und ihre Werke (Göttingen, 1882)Google Scholar; Brockelmann, Carl, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, 2 volumes (Leipzig, 1909)Google Scholar; Supplement, 3 volumes (Weimer, 1937–42); Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, 9 volumes (Leiden, 1967–84).Google Scholar For Persian literature see: Storey, Charles Ambrose, Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey (London, 1953–1997).Google Scholar

4 I would like to express my sincere thanks to all project assistants, in particular to Erdem Çipa, for their selfless efforts.