Ottoman Egypt

George Zidane wrote this book in 1911, for the purpose of teaching Islamic history at the Egyptian University at that time. The book discusses the situation that Egypt was in at the time of the Ottoman conquest. The book addresses the origin and emergence of the Ottoman Empire and its connection to Egyptian history. It also studies the period of Selim I's rule as the Ottoman Sultan who conquered Egypt. Throughout this book, Zidane was keen to balance the public and the private. In his book,...