The fifty years between 1680-1730 were one of the most fascinating in the history of Europe and in Ottoman history. A period of coalitions and wars, climate changes, and natural disasters took place. This previously unpublished chronicle contains valuable information in various fields. It was written in Semi-Biblical Hebrew by a Jewish rabbi residing in the Crimean Peninsula, and includes insights on the political upheavals in the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman capital; the wars between the Ottomans and the Russians, which he vividly describes; Persia and the Caucasus; the fate of Jewish communities; epidemics and weather; and weapons and customs. The book, a historical mine that reads like a sweeping thriller, is now available in English for the first time.

About the Author

Dan Shapira is Full Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Bar-Ilan University. An interdisciplinary historian and philologist, he is presently working on medieval and early modern Jewish minority communities, the Crimea, and the Khazars.

Yaron Ben-Naeh is Full Professor, Bernard Cherrick Chair in Jewish History in the Department of History of the Jewish People and Contemporary Jewry at the Hebrew University, and a researcher of Ottoman Jewry. He is chair of Misgav Yerushalayim-The Center for the Research of Sephardi Heritage.

Aviezer Tutian, Ph.d student at Bar-Ilan University.

Reviews

"This edition is a treasure trove of valuable historical, literary, linguistic, and anthropological data for scholars from different fields, and is definitely an important addition to the growing shelf of sources for Ottoman, Crimean and Jewish studies."

- Golda Akhiezer, Ariel University, Journal of Modern Jewish Studies

Book Information
ISBN 9781644696170
Author Rabbi David Lekhno
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Academic Studies Press
Publisher Academic Studies Press