Kairo in der zweiten Halfte des 17. Jahrhunderts. Beschrieben von Evliya Celebi

The delightful traveler of the 17th century, Evliya Chelebi, left a 10 volume travel book telling about mainly the Ottoman land, which is a treasure for scholars from various disciplines. The section on Cairo in the 10th volume (from 21st through 48th chapters) is for the first time translated into a western language (German). The text is supplemented with a detailed index on personal names, place and monument names, special terms and titles, and a bibliography.

395 pp., pb, in German.