Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Transliteration; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Tools of Diplomacy; 2. Perceptions in Transformation (c.1350-1402); 3. From Titulature to Geopolitical Affairs: An Age of Negotiations (1413-1451); 4. Imperial Ambition Resurrected (1453-1481); 5. From Captivity Narratives to a Peace Treaty: A New Era of Image-Building (1481-1491); 6. From Warfare to Alliance: The Intricacies of Imperial Diplomacy (1491-1512); Conclusion; Appendix I: The Anatomy of a Typical Letter; Appendix II: Titulature; Appendix III: Missions and Envoys
Summary
Beginning on the eve of Oceanic exploration, and the first European forays into the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, The Ottomans and the Mamluks traces the growth of the Ottoman Empire from a tiny Anatolian principality to a world power, and the relative decline of the Mamluks - historic defenders of Mecca and Medina and the rulers of Egypt and Syria. Cihan Yüksel Muslu traces the intertwined stories of these two dominant Sunni Muslim empires of the early modern world, setting out to question the view that Muslim rulers were historically concerned above all with the idea of Jihad against non
