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576 REVIEWS l’attention des étudiants et des historiens de l’Islam médiéval : une copieuse bibliographie et un précieux index contribuent à en faire un instrument de référence indispensable. Mathieu T ILLIER Université de Provence mathieu.tillier @ free.fr Richard B LACKBURN . Journey to the Sublime Porte — The Arabic Memoir of a Shari fi an Agent’s Diplomatic Mission to the Ottoman Imperial Court in the Era of Suleyman the Magni fi cent. Beiruter Texte und Studien, 109. Beirut: Ergon Verlag Würzburg in Kommission, 2005. xxxiii, 367pp., paperback. ISBN 978-3-89913-441-4. The current work of Richard Blackburn is, as indicated by the title, a study of the mem- oir of an Arabic shari fi an agent who, having been chosen by the rulers of Mecca and Medina to head a diplomatic mission to the Ottoman court, was sent to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire in 1557-58. The book consists of an annotated translation of the memoir “ al-Faw®id al-san¬yah fi al-rihlah al-Madan¬yah wa al-R‚m¬yah ” (Splendid Rewards from Travel to Medina and Turkey) written by this agent Qutb al-D¬n Muhammed in Arabic. It is pro- vided with a comprehensive and substantial introduction, a bibliography, an index, and an
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2007
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