On the Ottoman-European transfer of geographical knowledge: Chapters on Bosnia, Herzegovina and Slavonia in the Tārīḫ-i Belġra̱d Cover Image

O osmansko-europskom transferu geografskog znanja: Poglavlja o Bosni, Hercegovini i Slavoniji u risali Tārīḫ-i Belġra̱d
On the Ottoman-European transfer of geographical knowledge: Chapters on Bosnia, Herzegovina and Slavonia in the Tārīḫ-i Belġra̱d

Author(s): Dino Mujadžević
Subject(s): Military history, Turkish Literature, 17th Century, The Ottoman Empire, Geopolitics, Turkic languages
Published by: Orijentalni Institut u Sarajevu
Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Ottoman Empire; geography; history; manuscripts; knowledge transfer; 17th century;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the work Tārīḫ-i Belġra̱d (History of Belgrade) from the end of the 17th century, with an emphasis on the transfer of knowledge from Western sources to this work, which is largely based on the Ottoman translation of the modern Dutch Atlas Maior. Based on the analysis of the chapters on Bosnia, Herzegovina and Slavonia, the paper emphasizes that this work, as well as the original translation from which it originated, is not a mere translation of the text from the atlas, but a reworking to which numerous information from the Ottoman sources has been added, especially when describing areas under the Ottoman rule. Also, the paper critically discusses the authorship, the origin of the work and the existing transcription. At the end of the paper, a translation of the mentioned chapters with the revised transcription of toponyms from the work are given.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 70
  • Page Range: 131-183
  • Page Count: 53
  • Language: Bosnian