Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Symbols Used in the Book
Note on Transliteration and Translation
Editions and Translations of The Book of Travels [Seyahatname]
Abbreviations
Glossary of Administrative Terminology
Introduction
The Ottomans and the Nile
The Nile Journeys in The Book of Travels [Seyahatname]
The Vatican Map of the Nile
Muslim and Ottoman Maps of the Nile
Relation of the Map and the Book
Part I: Translation of the Vatican Map of the Nile (Vat. Turc. 73)
Prologue
The Map
Part II: Translation of Evliya Çelebi’s accounts of the Nile and the Horn of Africa, from Volume 10 of The Book of Travels [Seyahatname]
Preliminary and Cairo, Y3A–278A
First Journey: Cairo–Alexandria–Rosetta–Cairo, Y277B–341A
Second Journey: Cairo–Damietta–Cairo Y341B–360A
Third Journey: Cairo–Luxor–Ibrim Y360A–395A
Fourth Journey: Funjistan–Maghraq–Sennar–Jarsinqa Y395A–432B
Fifth Journey: Habesh Y432B–443A
Sixth Journey: Ibrim–Faiyum–Cairo Y443A Q341A−Q355A
Appendix I: The Turkish text of the Vatican Map
Appendix II: Map Zones
Bibliography
Index