CONTENTS
PART I
THE GROWTH OF EMPIRE
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| I. | OTHMAN (1288-1326) | [13] |
| II. | ORCHAN (1326-59) | [20] |
| III. | MURAD I (1359-89) | [31] |
| IV. | BAYEZID I (1389-1403) | [44] |
| V. | MAHOMET I (1413-21) | [59] |
| VI. | MURAD II (1421-51) | [64] |
| VII. | MAHOMET II, ‘THE CONQUEROR’ (1451-81) | [73] |
| VIII. | BAYEZID II (1481-1512) | [98] |
| IX. | SELIM I (1512-20) | [103] |
| X. | SOLYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT (1520-66) | [114] |
| XI. | GRAND VIZIER SOKOLLI (1566-78) | [136] |
PART II
THE DECAY OF EMPIRE
| XII. | THE RULE OF SULTANAS (1578-1656) | [151] |
| XIII. | THE KIUPRILI VIZIERS (1656-1702) | [168] |
| XIV. | TO THE TREATY OF PASSAROWITCH (1702-18) | [191] |
| XV. | TO THE TREATY OF BELGRADE (1718-39) | [203] |
| XVI. | TO THE TREATY OF KAINARDJI (1739-74) | [211] |
| XVII. | TO THE TREATY OF JASSY (1774-92) | [223] |
| XVIII. | TO THE TREATY OF BUCHAREST (1792-1812) | [238] |
| XIX. | MAHMOUD II (1808-39) | [255] |
| XX. | THE RULE OF ELCHIS (1839-76) | [287] |
| XXI. | ABDUL HAMID II (1876-1909) | [316] |
| XXII. | THE YOUNG TURKS (1909-14) | [352] |
| XXIII. | A RETROSPECT | [369] |
| APPENDIX—GENEALOGY OF THE OTTOMAN SULTANS | [382] | |
| INDEX | [385] |