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Product Description: Under the pretext of a budding friendship between a European diplomat and the greatest Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent captures the life story of the legendary leader and the jewel of his kingdom, Istanbul. Law, order, adventure, and family politics weave their way through the text to present a more humanistic view of the sultan than most Western sources convey...read more

Product Description: Through the expert scholarship of author Fiona Macdonald, readers follow the story of Ibn Tulun, governor of ninth-century Abbasid Egypt. The text chronicles his life against the backdrop of the rich history of the era while describing the design and history of the mosque he commissioned...read more