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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
<BR><BR>TURKISH JERUSALEM (1516-1917)<BR>Ottoman Inscriptions from Jerusalem and
Other Palestinian Cities<BR>by Mehmet Tütüncü<BR>SOTA, Haarlem 2006<BR>352 p.
(including some 150 pictures 3 maps and a CD Rom with original pictures of all
inscriptions) <BR>ISBN 90-807403-4-9<BR><BR>You can have a look at cover and
download some sample pages from <BR><</FONT><A
href="http://www.turkistan.org/jerusalem.htm"><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">www.turkistan.org/jerusalem.htm</FONT></A><FONT
face="Palatino Linotype">> <BR><BR>From the year 1071 until 1917 Turks
ruled Jerusalem. Between the Jews, Christians and all others who claim Jerusalem
as their holy city, the Turkish rule was longest in the history of the Holy
Land. First Seljukids, Artuqids and Zangids, and after that Mamluks from (1250
to 1516) and lastly Ottoman Turks ruled (from 1516 to 1917) in Jerusalem and
surroundings. But despite this long rule, the Turkish heritage and contribution
to Jerusalem is often overlooked or underestimated in the literature.<BR><BR>The
Ottoman inscriptions from 1516 until 1917 are published in this book. Max van
Berchem's famous Corpus of Jerusalem Inscriptions contains most of the
inscriptions but he left out many inscriptions that were in Turkish language or
were of recent date. But what was recent in 1900s is now more than 100 years old
and needs to be published. In this book there are 122 inscriptions from
Jerusalem and other parts of Ottoman Palestine mostly published for the first
time. Many are published with new interpretation and improvement of readings.
<BR><BR>This book builds further on many publications of inscriptions and all
the inscriptions are collected under one cover. All the inscriptions are
accompanied by recent photos on paper and on CD-ROM, so that one can check the
inscriptions and the author's interpretation and readings. There are also
detailed maps of the locations of the
inscriptions.<BR><BR>CONTENTS<BR><BR>Acknowledgement 9<BR>Acknowledgement of
Illustrations: 10<BR>Foreword 11<BR>1. Jerusalem and Turks : an introduction
13<BR>2. Characteristics of Inscriptions 17<BR>3. Mode of Publication
23<BR><BR>CATALOGUE OF CORPUS OF INSCRIPTIONS<BR><BR>INSCRIPTIONS FROM
JERUSALEM<BR>4.1 Inscriptions of Sultan Süleyman (1520-1566) 31<BR>Inscriptions
from the Coenaculum 31<BR>Inscriptions from The Citadel 36<BR>Pre-Ottoman
inscriptions from Citadel: 51<BR>Inscriptions From The Walls and Gates of
Jerusalem 54<BR>Sabil Inscriptions 68<BR>Inscriptions from the Haram al-Sharif
79<BR>4.2. Inscriptions after Süleyman in Jerusalem 97<BR>Sultan Ibrahim I.
(1640-1648) 97<BR>Mustafa II (1695-1703) 99<BR>Mahmud I (1730-1754)
101<BR>Abdülhamid I. (1774-1789) 103<BR>Selim III. (1789-1807)
107<BR>Mahmud II. (1808-1839) 109<BR>Abdulmejid Han (1839-1861) 120<BR>Abdülaziz
Han (1861-1876) 127<BR>Abdülhamid II. (1876-1909) 136<BR>5. Other Inscriptions
from Jerusalem 152<BR><BR>6. INSCRIPTIONS FROM OTHER PALESTINIAN PLACES
<BR>Hebron 201<BR>Qala Aqabah 203<BR>Qala Burkat (Solomon's Pool)
205<BR>Tiberias 207<BR>Jaffa Inscriptions 209<BR>Akka Inscriptions 219<BR>Beysan
(Beth Shean) 222<BR>Birusseba (Ber Sheva) 223<BR>Hayfa Inscriptions
229<BR>Kayseriya (Caesarea) Inscription 234<BR>Turkish Pilots Monument
236<BR>Last Ottoman Inscription: Mahmudiye Mosque in Jaffa 238<BR>7. Tables
239<BR>8. Bibliography 257<BR>9. Index of Quranic Quotations 261<BR>10.
Selective Index 264<BR>Appendix I Newly Discovered Inscriptions in Jerusalem
266<BR>Figures (1-150) and Maps
(1-3)
273-352<BR><BR>Appendix II Cd-Rom with digital version of the illustrations in
colour where available, and original pdf file of Illustrations in black and
white.<BR><BR>---------------<BR>For ordering <BR>Please contact the publisher
at the address hereunder given<BR><BR><BR>SOTA <BR>P.O. Box 9642 <BR>2003 LP
Haarlem <BR>Netherlands <BR><BR>Tel/fax:: + 31 23 5292883 <BR><BR>e-mail for
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