An Arabic translation of a 19th-century history of the Ottoman Empire by former grand vizier Kamil Pasha of Cyprus was launched in Cairo, in a move organizers said could widen access to primary ...

Introduction -- 1. The establishment and survival of Ottoman rule in the Arab lands, 1516-1798 -- 2. Institutions of Ottoman rule -- 3. Economy and society in the early modern era -- 4. A world of ...

Why study Ottoman history? -- The Ottoman Empire from its origins until 1683 -- The Ottoman Empire, 1683-1798 -- The nineteenth century -- The Ottomans and their wider world -- Ottoman methods of rule ...