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Prologue

Gülru Necipoğlu & Cemal KafadarRhodes Illibrated: In Celebration of the Revival of the Hafız Ahmed Library
as a Repository of Learning and a Site of Cross-Cultural Conversations
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Şemsinur

From the Aegean to the Bosporus
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Nektaria AnastasiadouTear trees: A short story
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Ceyda KaramürselThe Life and Times of Şemsinur: Slavery, Freedom and Gender in the Age of Revolutions
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Yianni CartledgeChios 1822: Betrayal, Grim Realities and Forced Migration
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Evi PsarrouSeeking Greek Independence in the Aegean: an Unsuccessful Venture in 1822
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The Founders

Vision, Piety, Power, Entrepreneurship and Charity
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İbrahim Akkurt & Burhan ÇağlarThree Generations in Ottoman Modernization: Hafız Ahmed Ağa, Rodosîzade Ahmed Fethi Pasha and Said Pasha the Englishman
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Efthymios MachairasFollowing the Money: A Prosopography of Rodoslu El-Hac Ahmed Ağa through his Commercial Ventures
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Gisela Procházka-EislAn Ottoman Diplomat in Vienna: Ahmed Fethi Pasha
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Ömer EğecioğluThree Highlights from the Life of Ahmed Fethi Pasha: Strauss and Lanner Dedications and Queen Victoria’s Coronation
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Hafız Ahmed Ağa Library

Across Centuries and Sea
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John R. BarnesThe Hafız Ahmed Ağa Library
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Elif Sezer-AydınlıFounding Inventory (Defter) of Hafız Ahmed Ağa Library in Rhodes: Context, Text, and Para-Text
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Elif Derin & Gülsüm Gülsev ŞanverManuscript Notes as Sources: Tracing the History of a Library and Collection through the Rodosî Hafız Ahmed Ağa Manuscripts
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Elias KolovosThe Foundation of Hafız Ahmet Ağa in Rhodes between 1898 and 1908
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Barbara HenningLet’s Put That Here for Now: The Hafız Ahmed Ağa Library as a Transit Space
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Benedek PériThe Manuscript of Vecdī’s Dīvān in the Hafiz Ahmed Ağa Library
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Naciye DetseliOttoman Heritage in Rhodes: A Qur’an Manuscript Signed by Maksûd et-Tebrîzî in the Collection of the Hafız Ahmed Ağa Library
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Nil Baydar, Nikolas Sarris, Guiseppe MarottaManuscript Enclosures in the Hafız Ahmed Ağa Library in Rhodes: Early Examples of Preventive Conservation
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Ottoman Foundations and Libraries

Custodians of Muhabbet and Knowledge Through Time
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Sophia LaiouThe Transition from Islamic to Christian Vakıf: An Overview and Some Considerations
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Elyse SemerdjianThe Hafız Ahmed Ağa Vakfı: Religion, Learning and Ottoman Sociability
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Guy BurakHafiz Ahmed Ağa’s Library and Ottoman (Mostly Provincial) Libraries
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Ismail ErünsalThe Expansion and Reorganization of the Ottoman Library System 1730-1839
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Tûba Çavdar KaratepeThe Final Period of the Ottoman Libraries: Tradition and Change towards the Republic
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The Realm of Manuscripts

A Universe Where Dust Remembers, Ink Becomes Art, and Margins Whisper
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J.R. OsbornOttoman Script Design
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İrvin Cemil SchickReading and Writing Practices in the Ottoman Empire
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Stefanie BrinkmannMultilingualism in Ottoman Manuscripts
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Marinos Sariyannis, Ekin Tuşalp Atiyas, Dimitris GiagtzoglouOttoman Personal Letters as a Source for Cultural History
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Tunç ŞenOttoman Manuscripts as Pirates’ Spoils
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José MaksimczukGreek Manuscripts in the Ottoman Empire
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Irina WandreyJewish Manuscript Cultures on Rhodes and in the Ottoman Empire
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Dickran KouymjianArmenian Manuscript Tradition under Ottoman Rule
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Benedek PériA Hitherto Unpublished Gazel by Sultan Süleymān Muhibbī and its Place in 16th Century Ottoman Poetry
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Lâle UluçAn Illustrated Copy of the Yusuf and Zulaikha from the End of the Zu’lqadir Gubernatorial Period in Shiraz
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Sami ArslanAn Exile’s Discreet Cry in Rhodes: İstinsah Kayıtları - Copying Records, as a Reflection of the Soul
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