Turkish Journal of History, cilt.0, sa.73, ss.117-129, 2021 (ESCI)
The relations between Indo Pak Subcontinent and Ottoman Empire followed a different direction after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Abdulhamid II carried out many activities with the idea of Pan Islamism and as a result of these activites different kinds of supports reached the Ottoman Turks from the subcontinent more than the other Muslim geographies. Only few years later of starting travelogue in Urdu literature, travelelogues on Turkey have been written. In these travelogues social, culturel and politikal informations about Ottoman have been given. Selamlik ceremony which is one of the ceremonies that makes Sultan and people closer was reflected with all its splendor.