Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Language and Transliteration
- Map 1. Istanbul around 1860
- Map 2. The Hamidiye Tomb Complex
- Map 3. Burial Plots in the Mausoleum
- Map 4. Burial Plots in the Side Graveyard
- Map 5. Burial Plots in the Forecourt Graveyard
- Introduction: Mansion of the Heavens
- Chapter 1 The Makings of a Royal Graveyard: Abdülhamid I and the Iconography of Sultanic Tombs
- Chapter 2 A Tomb in Town: The Design and Operation of a Royal Mausoleum
- Chapter 3 Presenting the Imperial Family: The Birth, Death, and Survival of Royal Children
- Chapter 4 The Men and Boys in the Garden: Courtiers, Eunuchs, and the Palace Milieu
- Chapter 5 The Women in the Garden: The Female World of the Imperial Harem
- Conclusion: Benevolence in Stone
- Appendix A Burials in the Mausoleum
- Appendix B Burials of Men and Boys in the Garden Graveyard
- Appendix C Burials of Women in the Garden Graveyard
- Appendix D The Epitaphs in the Garden Graveyard
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Figures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on Language and Transliteration
- Map 1. Istanbul around 1860
- Map 2. The Hamidiye Tomb Complex
- Map 3. Burial Plots in the Mausoleum
- Map 4. Burial Plots in the Side Graveyard
- Map 5. Burial Plots in the Forecourt Graveyard
- Introduction: Mansion of the Heavens
- Chapter 1 The Makings of a Royal Graveyard: Abdülhamid I and the Iconography of Sultanic Tombs
- Chapter 2 A Tomb in Town: The Design and Operation of a Royal Mausoleum
- Chapter 3 Presenting the Imperial Family: The Birth, Death, and Survival of Royal Children
- Chapter 4 The Men and Boys in the Garden: Courtiers, Eunuchs, and the Palace Milieu
- Chapter 5 The Women in the Garden: The Female World of the Imperial Harem
- Conclusion: Benevolence in Stone
- Appendix A Burials in the Mausoleum
- Appendix B Burials of Men and Boys in the Garden Graveyard
- Appendix C Burials of Women in the Garden Graveyard
- Appendix D The Epitaphs in the Garden Graveyard
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Death and Life in the Ottoman PalaceRevelations of the Sultan Abdülhamid I Tomb, pp. vii - xPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2023