Travelers to the Ottoman Empire
People from all across the world traveled to the Ottoman Empire while it existed (1299–1922) and wrote about it.[1][2][3] Several of these travelers had a major impact either on the Ottoman state or on the outside world, by facilitating the exchange of ideas and technologies between both.
European Travelers to the Ottoman Empire[edit]
Among the thousands of European travels to the Ottoman Empire, dozens wrote letters or left other personal accounts about their voyages.[4]
- Eliza Fay, 1755/56-1816
- Lady Hester Stanhope, 1776-1839
- Lucie Duff Gordon, 1821-1869
- Isabel Arundell Burton, 1831-1896
- Lady Anne Blunt, 1837-1917
- Gertrude Bell, 1868-1926
- Freya Stark, 1893-1993
- Lady Jane Elizabeth Digby El Mesrab
Rise of the Ottoman Empire (1299-1453)[edit]
Bombarding technology had grew in popularity during the early 15th century in Europe. One year before the Siege of Constantinople, the Hungarian engineer Orban travelled to the Byzantine court, offering his services, but his proposal was denied for lack of funds and materials. Turning to the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, he cast several pieces of large-caliber artillery, including a giant bombard transported to Constantinople by sixty oxen, for which he is mostly remembered. His designs were later reused by the Ottomans, with the Dardanelles Gun being modelled after the aforementioned giant bombard.
Classical Age (1453-1566)[edit]
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Era of Transformation (1566-1703)[edit]
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Old Regime (1703-1789)[edit]
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Modernisation and Tanzimat Era (1789-1908)[edit]
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Decline and dissolution of the Empire (1908-1922)[edit]
During the later era of the Ottoman Empire, travelers such as T. E. Lawrence and Gertrude Bell shaped the geopolitical future of the region, supporting and helping the creation of independent Arab states. Western travelers had at this time a major influence, being often close to both Western officials and local leaders. Leaders such as Hussein and Faisal (of the Hashemite dynasty) were supported as possible leaders of future Arab states, the latter becoming king of Syria and later Iraq during the early 1920s.
References[edit]
- ↑ Kumar, Krishan (2017). "Chapter 3: The Ottoman Empire". Visions of Empire: How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World. Princeton University Press. pp. 74–144. doi:10.2307/j.ctvc773dq.7. Search this book on
- ↑ Dursteler, Eric (June–September 2014). "Bad Bread and the "Outrageous Drunkenness of the Turks": Food and Identity in the Accounts of Early Modern European Travelers to the Ottoman Empire". Journal of World History. 25 (2/3): 03–228. doi:10.1353/jwh.2014.0023. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Gutman, David (November 2016). "Travel Documents, Mobility Control, and the Ottoman State in an Age of Global Migration, 1880–1915". Journal of the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association. 3 (2): 347–368. doi:10.2979/jottturstuass.3.2.08.
- ↑ Cotterman, William Woods (2013). Improbable Women: Five Who Explored the Middle East. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0815610236. Search this book on
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