''Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches'' (

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: "History of the

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") is a work by the Austrian orientalist historian

Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall Joseph Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (9 June 1774 – 23 November 1856) was an Austrian orientalist and historian. He is considered one of the most accomplished Orientalists of his time. He was critical of the trend of ascribing classical or a ...

. It was written in 10 volumes between 1827 and 1835. The result of 30 years of work, it became the standard reference on the subject. According to the Turkish historian

Doğan Gürpınar Doğan Gürpınar is a Turkish historian whose work focuses on the late Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey. He is employed by Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referr ...

, this "monumental" work is "arguably the equivalent of Gibbon's ''

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'' for Ottoman historiography. It was never translated into English, but was translated into Turkish in 1917. English historian Sir Edward Creasy used it as his main source for ''History of the Ottoman Turks'' (1854).

Editions

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References

Austrian literature 1835 non-fiction books History books about the Ottoman Empire German-language books {{Ottoman-book-stub