Spies, scandals, and sultans : Istanbul in the twilight of the Ottoman Empire : the first English translation of Egyptian Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi's Ma hanalik / Ibrahim al-Muwaylihi ; translated and introduced by Roger Allen
The later Ottoman sultans -- Introduction -- Concerning the circumstances of the Ottoman Sultanate -- Almabayn -- The chief secretary's department in Almabayn -- The Almabaynjiyya Department in Almabayn -- The department of the chief Eunuch in Almabayn -- The department of the Yavaran in Almabayn -- Spies -- Anniversary of the Sultan's accession -- Spies (II) -- Splendor of the caliphate and magnificence of the sultanate -- Appointment to Ottoman offices -- Court proceedings in Istanbul -- Shaykhs -- Writing ma hunalik -- The sultan -- Deposition of sultans
