Heresy and Legitimacy in the Ottoman Empire in the Sixteenth Century
Before the 16th century, Ottoman claims to legitimacy went through several such stages as associating with dervises called abdals, being Warriors of the Faith, being the legal heirs to the Selcuks, being descendants of Kayi, the story of Edebali's dream foretelling the future ascendancy of the...
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University of Manchester
2009
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