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- Title
Coğrafya Penceresinden Ahmed Midhat Efendi'nin Kâinat Adlı Eseri Üzerine.
- Authors
KARAKAŞ-ÖZÜR, Nazan
- Abstract
Ahmed Midhat Efendi (1829-1912) is one of the 19th century intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire. He is a well-educated prolific writer and journalist in various newspapers. This study examines his work Kâinat from the perspective of geography. The work comprises a total of 16 volumes, the first one being the introduction and the rest focusing on the countries in the European continent. Ahmed Midhat starts with the creation of the world and man in the first volume. He then compares this story with the narratives in the books of the monotheistic religions and attempts to reconcile them. Again in this volume, he writes that he wants to write a history book that includes the 5 continents in the world, shaping the historiography according to the principles of space. In other words, he breaks down the world into the continents first and then countries, stating that he will write a separate history for each country, and thus a history book covering the whole world will emerge. This study by Ahmed Mithad is significant for certain details on the formation of the world and the emphasis it puts on the importance of the knowledge of geography for writing history.
- Subjects
HISTORY of the book; HISTORIOGRAPHY; OTTOMAN Empire; HISTORY of geography; NEWSPAPER journalists; BALKAN Wars, 1912-1913
- Publication
Kebikeç: İnsan Bilimleri İçin Kaynak Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2019, Issue 47, p123
- ISSN
1300-2864
- Publication type
Article