Dec 14, 2016 this great travel book of evliya celebi was the first book written by combining his autobiography with various information about the geography of ottoman territory and its conditions. The book of travels is a collaboration between the british council, maslaha and effusion as part of the our shared europe project, which aims to highlight the constant influence and sharing of ideas that has occurred between individuals and societies. I call myself otherchelebi in preparation of the publication of my travels, to continue the tradition. Narrative of travels in europe, asia, and africa in the. Son of the chief court jeweler, he was educated in a madrasah islamic college and a qur. As a student at the palace school, he began to write about his travels around the city, describing the people, customs and culture. Evliya himself referred to them in this way using the word cild. This superb selection from the seyahatname introduces evliya. Evliya celebi one of the worlds greatest travellers. The cultural memory of the discoveries in the portuguese enlightenment imaginary the cultural memory of faction. However, these images are sadly incomplete, because they.
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