Ibn Arabi, Malami-Bayrami Dervish Order and the 17th Century Ottoman Balkans / İbn Arabî, Melamî-Bayrâmî Tarikatı ve 17 Yüzyılda Osmanlı Balkanları

Remembering the Good Old Days: the Ottoman Nasihatname [Advice Letters] Literature of the 17th Century

This study analyses the Ottoman Nasihatname [Advice Letters] literature of the 17th century. This tradition had its roots mainly in the so-called mirror writers of the 10th century. The chapter explores the atmosphere which allowed mirror writers to produce their work. After outlining the peculiar features of this literature and its influence on the Ottomans, it concentrates on some of the text...

The relationships between Bektashi and Ottoman government in the tenth and eleventh century AH

Bektashi was one of the most important sects of the Ottoman society whose activations was based on the customs and principles of Sufism. Bektashi’s way of thinking and spirit of tolerance had attracted various strata and ideas. Bektashi had a deep connection with the government due to compatibility with the religious principles of the Ottomans. This sect spread widely by influencing the Janissa...

On the End of the Mystical Journey: Ibn Arabi and Adi Śankara

This paper will compare two of the most prominent mystics of Islam and Hinduism on what may be called the “end of the mystical journey,” or mokśa in Hindu spirituality and fanā in Islamic mysticism. The interpretations of these two mystics are naturally developed according to their own epistemological and ontological bases. Thus, referring to their most significant principles ...

Genealogy or Asabiyya? Ibn Khaldun between Arab Nationalism and the Ottoman Caliphate

Biological Warfare in the 17th Century

in this study and in previous studies (1,8). The presence of a strong β-lactamase with resistance to ampicillin was also a marker in this study; epidemic C. jejuni and C. coli isolates were β-lactamase negative with susceptibility to ampicillin in previous outbreaks in MSM (1,8). Higher proportions of C. coli isolates are erythromycinand multidrug-resistant than are C. jejuni isolates (4,6). Wh...