The Ottomans and Wealth: A Comparative Perspective Introduction

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Citation Formats
E. Boyar, “The Ottomans and Wealth: A Comparative Perspective Introduction,” ORIENS, pp. 103–105, 2009, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48931.