The complete ten volumes includes history, travel information valid even today, cultural anthropology, psychology, myths, stories, both conservative religious views and the most liberal sexual descriptions. Over the course of his travels he wrote ten volumes detailing his adventures. Dec 31, 2011 finally, evliya celebi is my namesake. Evliya celebi was the 17th centurys most diligent, adventurous, and honest recorder, whose puckish wit and humor are laced throughout his tenvolume masterpiece. Evliya celebis seyahatname or book of travels is the longest and fullest travel account in islamic literatureperhaps in world literature. For far too long, evliya celebi 1611c1684 and his book of travels have been almost entirely unknown outside turkey, and little read except by scholars. Evliya celebi left behind a magnificent work of ten volumes called the seyahatname book of travels, a marvelous contribution to the world cultural heritage. Evliya celebi, one of the most celebrated ottoman travelers, who journeyed for more than 40 years throughout the territories of the ottoman empire and adjacent lands. Dervis mehmed zilli 25 march 1611 1682, known as evliya celebi ottoman turkish. Evliya celebi one of the worlds greatest travellers.
Evliya celebis book of travels in the topkapi palace. Son of the chief court jeweler, he was educated in a madrasah islamic college and a qur. Evliya celebi, in his work seyahatna me book of travels, draws the readers attention to certain narratives by repeated recourse to specific narrative genres. Evliya celebi, meaning anthology of evliya celebi later. Evliya celebi is variously described as a turkish pepys, a muslim montaigne or an ottoman herodotus. But evliya celebis travels are above and beyond all that. He is in the pantheon of the great travelwriters of the world, though virtually unknown to. Analysis of evliya celebis book of travels in terms of the concept of acaib literature. Along the way he wrote the seyahatname book of travels, a magnificent tenvolume sprawl of fantasy, biography, and reportage that is utterly unique in the canon of travel literature, and which confirms evliya as one of the great storytellers of the seventeenth century. The authors personal name is unknown, and evliya is only his pen name, which he adopted in honor of his teacher, evliya mehmed efendi. Selections from the book of travels of evliya celebi best. Analysis of evliya celebis book of travels in terms of the.
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Sep 15, 2011 the book of travels by evliya celebi is not just a fascinating travel book, it is a key source for understanding the ottoman empire in the seventeenth century, despite the fact that the author had a reputation for occasionally confusing fact with fiction. He is in the pantheon of the great travelwriters of the world, though virtually unknown to western readers. Evilya celebi book of travels is the worlds first real virtual exhibition, and it happened above a public library in east london. Known variously as a turkish pepys, a muslim montaigne and an ottoman herodotus, 17th century traveller, evliya celebi, recounts his adventures in the 10volume seyahatname book of travels. Evliya celebi was an enlightened man in a variety of ways who believed in equality, freedom of thought and intellectual debate, and found all of these things present in islamic societies. This brand new translation brings evliya sparklingly back to life. My late uncle, asaf halet celebi, was an important poet of the first half of the twentieth century. His work covers the historic events of the 17th century ottoman empire with vivid flashes into the life of the period and is an invaluable source of historical and geographic knowledge. The books of evliya celebi are available for sale on amazon. Therefore, the book of travels is a consultant work to which every science field should apply. In the 17th century an ottoman traveller evliya celebi was inspired by a dream to embark on a journey across the ottoman empire. His work is unique in its scope, in its richness and the numerous possibilities to.
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Evliya celebi, an ottoman learned person with good connections in the sultans court, was an exceptional figure who devoted forty years to travelling within the vast boundaries of the ottoman empire, and left a tenvolume book on his travels seyahatnamesi. It contains vital information about the author, the work, and some really great maps and pictures. Evliya celebi was the orhan pamuk of the 17th century, the pepys of the ottoman world a diligent, adventurous and honest recorder with a puckish wit and humour. Seyahatname book of travels is a unique and important text. The book of travels it contains vital information about the author, the work, and some really great maps and pictures.
This brand new translation by the foremost scholar of his age, brings evliya. Celebis book of travels presents a different set of challenges than the some of the other nonwestern works that weve looked at thus far. In a more specific sense, the name refers to the travel notes by the ottoman turkish traveller evliya celebi 16111682. He grew up in istanbul and reportedly spent forty years traveling across anatolia, as well as reaching. This is a beautiful website that accompanies the art exhibit inspired by evliya celebis 400th birthday, and his crown jewel. Selections from the book of travels of evliya celebi 2nd ed. Here, east and west converged in a multitude of peoples and languages. Chawla 2 applied association rules over construction and analysis of a social network from market basket data. A new translation has revived interest in this remarkable man. In 1841, it was decided that an issue of the history of evliya celebi, comprising of some selections, was to be published. I havent even touched on its examination of flavius josephus as the kind of marginal informant that can to some extent transgress the boundary between and empire and its subjects, or the situationist travels of the 16 th century turkish traveler and official evliya celebi and their relevance as an example of detecting information in the. To trace his footsteps these days, travellers would need to sign up to the evliya celebi way, which is a 600km path of his travels throughout turkey that can be completed by hikers or horse riders in the exact same style that evliya celebi travelled. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. For the ones, who are interested in the ottoman history, and with special focus on ottoman architecture, history, music, religion and multiethnicity of the cities from one persons view.
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