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This collection explores the complexities of translation in the Ottoman Empire, examining the intersections of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish (elsine-i s̱elās̱e) that formed the linguistic backbone of Ottoman high culture and literature. The contributors investigate translation practices, cultural exchange, and power relations that shaped the Ottoman intellectual landscape, covering topics such as literary translations, lexicography, and the evolution of Ottoman Turkish as a lingua franca. Focusing on the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, the articles reveal the intricate web of linguistic, cultural, and historical forces that influenced translation decisions, authorship, and readership in the Ottoman Empire, shedding new light on the dynamics of cross-cultural communication and knowledge transfer in pre-modern Eurasia.

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Philip Bockholt is Junior Professor for the History of the Turco-Persian world at the Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster (since October 2022). Dr. Hülya Çelik studierte Turkologie an der Universität Wien. Sie lehrt an der Universität Hamburg Osmanisch und Türkisch und forscht an der Universität Wien über den Hofbibliothekar Sebastian Tengnagel. Ludwig Paul has been professor of Iranian Studies at the Asia-Africa Institute at the University of Hamburg since 2004. Ani Sargsyan has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Asia-Africa Institute at the University of Hamburg since 2018 as part of the DFG-PP Transottomanica.

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