Naff Thomas, Owen Roger. Studies in Eighteenth Century Islamic History

Southern Illinois University Press, 1977. — 464 p.Interdisciplinary in conception, this cooperative study by the world’s leading Islamists consists of sixteen chapters and three general introductions tracing in historical perspective the historical, administrative, economic, and cultural aspects of various regions of the Ottoman Empire as well as the overall structure of the Empire itself. A complete glossary of Arabic, Turkish, and Persian terms is provided, as well as a bibliography of major works in European and non-European languages. More than forty photographs illustrate changing tastes in Islamic architecture and art.