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Original bdg. HC. Folio. (33 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 232 p., b/w and color ills. Black pearl, white tulip: A history of Ottoman Africa.= Siyah inci, beyaz lale: Afrika'da Osmanli asirlari. "In the year 1517, the Ottoman s under Sultan Selim I eradicated the Mamluk Sultanate from political landscape, and in its stead, took chances to interact with nations, peoples, and customs in Africaand the Middle East. Ottoman imperial authority rapidly expanded from North Africa and the Red Sea down to the continent's south. The Ottoman rule in Africa until the early 20th century has drawn scholarly analysis so narrow in scope. This edited volume, Black Pearl and White Tulip, brings together works of an international scholarship examining the administrative, commercial, cultural, and diplomatic implications of the Ottoman involvement in Africa.".