Death and Life in the Ottoman Palace

Delves into a royal tomb in order to expand our understanding of Ottoman palace culture Presents the first book to explore the Sultan Abdülhamid I Tomb in Istanbul – also known as the Hamidiye Tomb ComplexUnveils the lives of the 86 men, women and children of the Ottoman palace buried thereDraws on a range of primary sources translated from Ottoman Turkish for the first time, from archival documents and contemporary chronicles to epitaphsInterprets for readers the wide range of Ottoman art, arch