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Guns for the Sultan

Military Power and the Weapons Industry in the Ottoman Empire

GÁBOR ÁGOSTON

Georgetown University

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Ágoston, Gábor.
Guns for the sultan: military power and the weapons industry in the Ottoman Empire / Gábor Ágoston.
p. cm. – (Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248) and index.
ISBN 0 521 84313 8 (hbk. : alk. paper) – ISBN 0 521 60391 9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Weapons industry – Turkey – History. 2. Turkey – History, Military. I. Title. II. Series.
HD9743.T92A36   2004 338.4′76234′09560903 – dc22       2004051106

ISBN-13 978-0-521-84313-3 hardback
ISBN-10 0-521-84313-8 hardback

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