Suraiya Faroqhi

Suraiya Faroqhi is a historian and author on the early modern Ottoman Empire whose work brings merchants, artisans, women, households, consumption, and material culture into the historical foreground. Approaching Ottoman History: An Introduction to the Sources explains how chronicles, court records, archival documents, objects, and visual evidence can be read together. The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It places imperial society within trade, diplomacy, travel, and cross-border exchange. Men of Modest Substance: House Owners and House Property in Seventeenth-Century Ankara and Kayseri reconstructs urban life through property and household records. Women in the Ottoman Empire: A Social and Political History broadens the archive by following women's work, status, and public roles. Approaching Ottoman History is the methodological doorway; The Ottoman Empire and the World Around It then supplies the wider setting.