420 pp, color figures, hb, Turkish-English bilingual.
OTTOMAN SULTANS - Mustafa I - Osman II - Murad IV - Ibrahim - Mehmed IV
From the end of the sixteenth century onwards, various administrative, military, industrial, commercial, financial and social developments, which occurred within the boundaries of the Ottoman state and throughout the world, were instrumental in exacerbating the economic problems of the Ottoman Empire.
These developments which greatly affected coin minting can be summarised briefly as follows:
- Newly discovered trade routes
- Changes in military structure and technology
- Population increase
- Rebellions in the Ottoman lands
- New silver mines in North America
- Capitulations granted to the European states
The present volume of this work, which is expected to be completed in nine volumes, covers the reigns of sultans Mustafa I, Osman II, Murad IV, Ibrahim and Mehmed IV, and contains:
- Year-by-year chronological information regarding the 73 years of these sultanates;
- The most significant historical developments of this period;
- Detailed information on coins.
This volume includes the pictures of 61 coins of Sultan Mustafa I, 98 coins of Sultan Osman II, 139 coins of Sultan Ibrahim and 118 coins of Sultan Mehmed IV; i.e. 465 gold and silver coins. Additionally, the book provides the local history of nearly 50 provinces which issued coins during these reigns and examines the characteristics of the coins minted in these provinces.
An inventory of the coins belonging to the sultans is provided at the end of the book.