Table of Contents
Author's Acknowledgments for the English Edition xi
Foreword to the English Edition Nelly Hanna xiii
Foreword Halit Eren xv
Translator's Note xix
About This Book xxi
Introduction 1
Abbreviations Used in This Book 11
Part 1 The Turks and Their Culture in Egypt since the Nineteenth Century 19
1 The Number of Turks in Egypt and Their Status within Egyptian Society 21
2 The Turkish Language and Ottoman Culture at the Palace and among the Aristocracy 39
Poetesses and Women Writers Raised in the Palace and Its Environs 63
3 Turks in the Egyptian Administration and the Turkish Language as a Language of Administration 81
4 Turks and the Turkish Language in the Egyptian Army 99
Military Literature in Turkish in Egypt 102
5 The Teaching of the Turkish Language and Ottoman Culture in Egyptian Schools 113
Initial Turkish Teaching Activities 113
The Reigns of Abbas Pasha I and Sa'id Pasha 118
The Reign of Khedive Isma 'il 120
The Teaching of Turkish in Sudan 123
The Decline and Eventual Disappearance of Turkish Teaching in Schools 124
Turkish Textbooks Set in Egyptian Schools 129
6 The Teaching of Persian Language and Literature in Egypt 143
Books and Dictionaries Used for the Teaching of Persian 143
Books Translated from Persian into Turkish 145
Persian Books Printed in Egypt 146
7 The Place of Turkish in Egypt's Translation Program 149
How Translation Was Carried Out in Egypt 152
Who Made Translations into Turkish in Egypt? 155
The Shift to Institutions 157
Translations from Oriental Languages 160
Translations from Occidental Languages 165
8 An Overview of Turkish Books Printed in Egypt 175
The Bulaq Press and Muhammad ?Ali Pasha 176
Books Printed in Egypt during the Reign of Sultan Abdülhamîd II 183
Religious Books 183
Collections of Poetry and Works of Literature 193
Books of History, Biography, and Geography 203
Turkish Books on the Modern Sciences 211
The Young Turks and the Publications of the Political Opposition 219
Overview of Turkish Books Printed in the Twentieth Century 233
9 The Turkish Press in Egypt 243
Stage 1 Vekâyi-i Misriye and Misir 245
Stage 2 Young Turk Newspapers and Magazines 253
Stage 3 Prisoner-of War Newspapers from the First World War 276
Stage 4 Two Newspapers Produced after the Declaration of the Republic (Müsâvât and Muhâdenet) 287
Stage 5 The Second World War and Cephe (Vanguard) Magazine 294
10 Books Translated from Turkish into Arabic and Printed in Egypt 297
Part 2 Printing in Egypt and Works of Turkish Culture Printed There 315
11 The Beginning of Printing in Egypt 317
The First Turkish Printed Books 317
The Role of Printing in Muhammad 'Ali's Modernization Campaign 320
12 The Bulaq Press and the Turkish Books Printed There 323
The Founding of the Bulaq Press 323
The Printing of Turkish Books at the Bulaq Press 326
Typesetters and Proofreaders 326
Printing Books for Private Concessionaires (multazims) 330
The Typefaces Used 332
The Interplay of Influence between Printing in Istanbul and at Bulaq 336
The Sale of Bulaq Press Books in Ottoman Turkey 338
The First Book Printed at the Bulaq Press: The Vesâyâname-i seferiye (The Advices Related to War) 339
13 Presses Other Than me Bulaq Press Printing Turkish Books in Egypt 345
Matba 'at Diwan al-Jihadiya (The War Office Press) 346
Matba'at Diwan al-Madaris al-Mulkiya (The Civil Schools Office Press) 347
Matba 'at Wadi al-Nil (The Nile Valley Press) 347
Matbaa-i Osmaniye/Kanun-i Esasî Matbaasi (The Osmaniye, or Constitution, Press) 348
Osmanli Ittihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti Matbaasi (The Committee of Union and Progress Press) 350
Hindiye Matbaasi (The Hindiya Press) 350
Maarif Matbaasi (The Knowledge Press) 351
Turk Matbaasi (The Turks' Press) 351
Ictihad Matbaasi (The Independent Thought Press) 351
Osmanh Matbaasi (The Osmanli Press) 352
Notes 353
General Bibliography 401
General Index 419
Part 3 The Vessels of Turkish Printed Culture in Egypt: Annotated Bibliographical Lists
Introduction
Sources and Organization of Bibliographic Entries
Annotated Bibliographies
Indexes
Abbreviations in the Bibliography and References
Abbreviations of Libraries and Collections
General Abbreviations
Bibliography I Books in Turkish Printed in Egypt (1798-1997)
Bibliography II Periodicals in Turkish Published in Egypt(1828-1947)
Bibliography III Books Translated from Turkish into Arabic and Printed in Egypt (1828-2003)
Indexes to the Bibliographies
