Index
Abbas II, 248
Abdi Pasha
amnesiac text and, 144, 146
background on, 106
book of kings genre and, 106–7
conversion, hunting, and
ghaza, 185
drover conversion account by,
185–87
earlier writers compared with, 141
fi nal history version and, 227
ghaza and, 146
Mehmed IV’s persona and, 187
Mehmed, Vani, and, 109
military exploits and, 148
objectivity of, 107
Tzevi’s conversion and, 127,
128, 283n 19
views of, 11
Abdülhamid II, 250–51
admiral’s conversion, 202
advice literature, 39
book of kings and, 144
circle of justice concept in, 42
Agha, Ahmed, 213–14, 217, 295n 14
Agha, Hasan, 151
Agha, Yusuf, 223
Ahmed, Fazıl
alcoholism and death of, 170–71,
290 n 24
Candia citadel and, 155
central Europe campaign and,
153–54
Crete campaign launch and,
154–55
Crete siege and, 154–59
Crete victory of, 158–59
description of, 96–97
Habsburgs and, 99, 154
as hero, 148
Islamizing Istanbul and, 82,
96–102
Mehmed, Vani and, 7, 109–10
mother of, 158, 288n 72
piety and conversion link
and, 6–7
Uyvar citadel conquest and, 153
Venice campaign and, 151
Ahmed I
conversion clothing and, 194,
293 n 31
hunting and, 181
Ahmed III, 246
Ahmed, Melek
administration of, 45–46
devalued coinage and, 48–49
Halveti lodge and, 71
1650 merchant uprising and,
49–50
Ahmed Mosque, Sultan, 33