Turkish Jerusalem (1516-1917)

Ottoman Inscriptions from Jerusalem and Other Palestinian Cities

 

TURKISH JERUSALEM (1516-1917)

Ottoman Inscriptions from Jerusalem and Other Palestinian Cities

Author: Mehmet Tütüncü

ISBN 90-807403-4-9

First edition 2006, Haarlem, Netherlands

352 p. (including some 150 pictures 3 maps and a CD Rom with original pictures of all inscriptions)

 

Here you will find details, contents foreword and introduction. Also the first 30 pages are enclosed as an pdf file you can download this here

Sample pages in pdf

You can download also a book order form.

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You can also download also an arabic review from AL-Quds (14 february 2007) by Khadr el Shahabiy

Review al-Quds Daily in pdf

A Hebrew review was published in Jerusalem Cathedra by Yehoshua Frenkel. It is downloadable here. (Cathedra 126, p. 162-164.)

Cathedra review in pdf

 

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link to Turkish Palestine (1069-1917) (second volume of inscriptions)

 

CONTENTS

 

Acknowledgement.................................................................................. 9

Acknowledgement of Illustrations:......................................................... 10

Foreword............................................................................................. 11

1. Jerusalem and Turks : an introduction................................................ 13

2. Characteristics of Inscriptions............................................................ 17

3. Mode of Publication.......................................................................... 23

 

CATALOGUE OF CORPUS OF INSCRIPTIONS

 

INSCRIPTIONS FROM JERUSALEM

4.1 Inscriptions of Sultan Süleyman (1520-1566).................................. 31

Inscriptions from the Coenaculum.............................................. 31

Inscriptions from The Citadel..................................................... 36

Pre-Ottoman inscriptions from Citadel:...................................... 51

Inscriptions From The Walls and Gates of Jerusalem.................. 54

Sabil Inscriptions....................................................................... 68

Inscriptions from the Haram al-Sharif......................................... 79

4.2. Inscriptions after Süleyman in Jerusalem.......................................... 97

Sultan Ibrahim I. (1640-1648).................................................. 97

Mustafa II (1695-1703)............................................................ 99

Mahmud I  (1730-1754)......................................................... 101

Abdülhamid I. (1774-1789).................................................... 103

Selim III.  (1789-1807).......................................................... 107

Mahmud II. (1808-1839)....................................................... 109

Abdulmejid Han (1839-1861)................................................. 120

Abdülaziz Han (1861-1876)................................................... 127

Abdülhamid II. (1876-1909)................................................... 136

5. Other Inscriptions from Jerusalem.................................................... 152

 

6. INSCRIPTIONS FROM OTHER PALESTINIAN PLACES

Hebron................................................................................... 201

Qala Aqabah.......................................................................... 203

Qala Burkat (Salomons Pool).................................................. 205

Tiberia.................................................................................... 207

Jaffa Inscriptions..................................................................... 209

Akka Inscriptions.................................................................... 219

Beysan (Beth Shean)............................................................... 222

Birusseba (Ber Sheva)............................................................ 223

Hayfa Inscriptions................................................................... 229

Kayseriya (Caesarea) Inscription............................................. 234

Turkish Pilots Monument......................................................... 236

Last Ottoman Inscription: Mahmudiye Mosque in Jaffa........................ 238

7. Tables............................................................................................ 239

8. Bibliography................................................................................... 257

9. Index of Quranic Quotations........................................................... 261

10. Selective Index............................................................................. 264

Appendix I       New Discovered Inscriptions in Jerusalem………266

Figures (1-150) and Maps (1-3)………….…………………273-352

 

Appendix II     Cd-Rom with digital version of the illustrations in colour where available, and original pdf file of Illustrations in black and white.