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Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 181 p. Acknowledgements Note on transcription Introduction 1. Asikpasazade from a modern perspective Sources and textual tradi-tions of fifteenth-century Ottoman Historiography The approach of modern scholarship to the development of Ottoman Historiography A chronological portrayal of Asikpasazade in secondary literature 2. The historiographical issues surrounding the use of Asikpasazade as a source Portrayal of Asikpasazade by modern Turkish scholarship: is the tag of nationalism relevant? The portrayal of Asikpasazade as a propagandist of the Ottoman dynasty Ottoman Genealogy The Otto-mans' arrival into Anatolia Dream of Osman Ghazi 3. The content and logic of Asikpasazade's history of the Ottoman Dynasty The nature and structure of Asikpasazade's History of the Ottoman Dynasty Asikpasazade's sources for his History of the Ottoman Dynasty The use of Asikpasazade's History of the Ottoman Dynasty by Nesri 4. The themes and topoi identifiable in Asikpasazade's history of the Ottoman Dynasty Asikpasazade's treatment of the Ottoman rulers Asikpasazade and the concept of istimâlet An evaluation of the poetry in Asikpasazade's History of the Ottoman Dynasty 5. Asikpazade's history of the Ottoman dynasty as an autobiographical source An evaluation of the autobiographical references in Asikpasazade's His-tory of the Ottoman Dynasty Conclusion Bibliography.