The Book of Travels

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  • Evliya Çelebi
  • Author:  Evliya Çelebi
  • Year: 10-11-2014
  • Translator from Ottoman Turkish: Strashimir Dimitrov
  • Availability:  In Stock
  • Product Code:  1447-01
  • SKU: 16.0129
  • ISBN: 978-619-152-534-8
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Evliya Celebi was an enlightened man in a variety of ways who believed in equality, freedom of thought and intellectual debate, and found all of these things present in Islamic societies. Over the course of his travels he wrote ten volumes detailing his adventures. ‘Seyahatname’ – Book of Travels – is a unique and important text, representing one of the few accounts of the 17th century and the Ottoman world from the perspective of a Muslim.

These are not just factual accounts, Evliya had a great imagination and just as important as his journal entries was the imaginative storytelling that ran alongside, elaborating, exaggerating, and fantasizing. Through his stories, we are prompted to think more imaginatively about our own travels and journeys to other cities.

This 17th century Muslim traveller can sometimes seem narrow-minded and yet this same man can stand in St Stephens Cathedral in Vienna and be moved by the music he hears. Sometimes these encounters lead to nothing but sometimes they lead to stories which are so deeply felt, and so universally melodic that they leave echoes which can still be heard and felt today.

In 2011, the year which would have been his 400th birthday, Evliya is being paid homage as UNESCO’s Man of the Year.

About the Author

Evliya Çelebi

Evliya Çelebi

Mehmed Zilli (1611–1682), known as Evliya Çelebi, was an Ottoman explorer who travelled through the territory of the Ottoman Empire and neighboring lands over a period of forty years, recording his co... Read more

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Specification
Year 10-11-2014
Translator from Ottoman Turkish: Strashimir Dimitrov
Pages 352
Size 140/215 мм
Weight 0.45 kg
Cover Type Paperback
Genre Travels

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