Название: The Sultan's Fleet: Seafarers of the Ottoman EmpireАвтор: Christine Isom-Verhaaren
Издательство: I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury Publishing
Год: 2022
Страниц: 295
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.1 MB
While the Ottoman Empire is most often recognized today as a land power, for four centuries the seas of the Eastern Mediterranean were dominated by the Ottoman Navy. Yet to date, little is known about the seafarers who made up the sultans' fleet, the men whose naval mastery ensured that an empire from North Africa to Black Sea expanded and was protected, allowing global trading networks to flourish in the face of piracy and the Sublime Porte's wars with the Italian city states and continental European powers.
In this book, Christine Isom-Verhaaren provides a history of the major events and engagements of the navy, from its origins as the fleets of Anatolian Turkish beyliks to major turning points such as the Battle of Lepanto. But the book also puts together a picture of the structure of the Ottoman navy as an institution, revealing the personal stories of the North African corsairs and Greek sailors recruited as admirals. Rich in detail drawn from a variety of sources, the book provides a comprehensive account of the Ottoman Navy, the forgotten contingent in the empire's period of supremacy from the 14th century to the 18th century.
Chapter 1 highlights the accomplishments of Umur of Aydın (d. 1348), a seafarer from a rival Turkish beylik, who sailed forth from Izmir (Smyrna) to challenge Byzantines and Latins for control of the surrounding seas. Umur was the greatest gazi (warrior of the faith) that the Turks of Anatolia produced in the first half of the fourteenth century. He began his career by conquering a key location, the fortress of the harbor at Izmir, recruited a ship builder who was also an expert in naval warfare, and began his first attack on a galleon near the straits. The ship ultimately escaped, but he discovered his vocation, naval warfare, and proceeded to increase the size of his fleet and the scope of his conquests. Eventually, he became such a thorn in the side of Venice that the leaders of the city incited a crusade against him in 1344, which succeeded in conquering the harbor fortress of Izmir. Umur died attempting to regain this fortress, which controlled the harbor of Izmir, without which his days as a sea gazi were essentially over.
Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Turks, Byzantines, and Latins: Competing for Maritime Prizes
Turks Invade the Aegean: The Feats of Umur of Aydin Retrospective Ottoman Hero
Gallipoli: Ottoman Key to Securing the Straits
The Conquerors Fleet: Becoming Lord of the Two Seas
Ottoman Seafarers: Sea Gazis Serve the Sultans: Kemal Reis and Piri Reis
Ottoman Seafarers: Hayreddin Barbarossa: The Gazi Pasha
A Tale of Corsairs: Kilic Ali Pasha, Ulu<; Hasan Pasha (II Veneziano), Cigalazade Pasha
The Cretan War: Seventeenth Century: Technology, Finances, and
Factions: The Trials of Admiral Hiisambeyzade Ali Pasha
Mezemorta: Half-Dead?: The Revival of the Ottoman Navy
Conclusion: Identifying Ottoman Seafarers
Seafarers Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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