Cihan Yüksel Muslu. The Ottomans and the Mamluks: Imperial Diplomacy and Warfare in the Islamic World.

Authors : Zahit Atçil

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Publication Date : 2016-10-01

Article Type : Bookreview

Abstract :Concerning the questions of Ottoman integration into the modern diplomatic networks in the early modern period, The Ottomans and the Mamluks deals with Ottoman-Mamluk diplomatic relations and contributes to the field of Ottoman diplomatic history, especially to understanding how the Ottomans used diplomacy as a tool of foreign policy and to what extent diplomacy was a mechanism at which interstate conflicts were highlighted, discussed and resolved through diplomacy as an alternative to warfare.
Keywords : Ottomans, Mamluks, Diplomatic Relations