Under Osman's Tree: The Ottoman Empire, Egypt, , Mikhail Paperback^+

Under Osmans Tree\nby Alan Mikhail\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Alan Mikhail\nTitle: Under Osmans Tree\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Earth sciences\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226638881\nISBN-10: 022663888X\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nOsman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, had a dream in which a tree sprouted from his navel. As the tree grew, its shade covered the earth; as Osman's empire grew, it, too, covered the earth. This is the most widely accepted foundation myth of the longest-lasting empire in the history of Islam, and offers a telling clue to its unique legacy. Underlying every aspect of the Ottoman Empire's epic history--from its founding around 1300 to its end in the twentieth century--is its successful management of n.