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THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
IN THE TIME OF SULEIMAN
THE MAGNIFICENT

BY
ALBERT HOWE LYBYER, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF EUROPEAN HISTORY, OBERLIN COLLEGE

“Our empire is the home of Islam; from father to son the lamp of our
empire is kept burning with oil from the hearts of the infidels.”
MOHAMMED II, THE CONQUEROR.

“A lord and his bondsmen.”
RANKE.

“Les Turcs ... nées de la guerre et organisées pour la conquête.”
CAHUN.

“The Ottoman government ... seems to have attained during the
sixteenth century the highest degree of perfection of which its
constitution was capable.”
ROBERTSON.

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