Cover Illustration: Nighttime celebrations of the second day at Okmeydanı (lit. “the archery ground”), Sūrnāme-i Vehbī, TSMK A.3594, fol. 68b–69a (Photo: courtesy of the Presidency of the Turkish Republic,the Directorate of National Palaces).
Names: Erdoğan İsṃkorkutan, Sinem, author.
Title: The 1720 imperial circumcision celebrations in Istanbul : festivity and representation in the early eighteenth century / by Sinem Erdoğan İsṃkorkutan.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: The Ottoman Empire and its heritage, 1380-6076 ; vol. 71 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020030042 (print) | LCCN 2020030043 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004437555 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004437562 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Circumcision--Turkey--Istanbul. | Circumcision--Religious aspects--Islam. | Festivals--Turkey--Istanbul. | Festivals--Turkey--Istanbul--Management. | Festivals in art. | Turkey--Religious life and customs. | Ahmed III, Sultan of the Turks, 1673-1736.
Classification: LCC GN484 .E74 2020 (print) | LCC GN484 (ebook) | DDC 394.2694961/8--dc23
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ISSN 1380-6076
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