Inside the Seraglio private lives of the sultans in Istanbul

Machine generated contents note: List of Colour Plates and -- Picture Acknowledgements xi -- Maps xiii -- Preface xix -- Turkish Spelling and Pronunciation xxi -- 1. The House of Osman i -- 2. Mehmet the Conqueror 14 -- 3. The House of Felicity 32 -- 4. Siileyman the Magnificent 50 -- 5. The Sultanate of Women 70 -- 6. An Organ for the Sultan 9I -- 7. Regicide Io6 -- 8. The Procession of the Guilds 1zz -- 9. Three Mad Sultans I40 -- 10. The Hunter Caged 156 -- 11. A Cage for Princes 174 -- [ix] -- 12. Tulip Time i88 -- 13. Murder in the'Music Room zIo -- 14. The Auspicious Event 231 -- 15. On the Shores of the Bosphorus 247 -- 16. The Year of the Three Sultans z66 -- 17. Imprisoned Sultans 283 -- 18. The Fall of the House of Osman 302 -- 19. The GatheringPlace oftheJinns 323 -- Glossary 331 -- Ottoman Sultans (The House of Osman) 335 -- Genealogy of the Sultans 336 -- Mothers of the Sultans 337 -- Bibliography 339 -- Index 349.