An Officer to the Habsburgs, A Captive to the Ottomans: Hauptmann Leonhardt Rüblandt's Letters from the Seven Towers (1663-1674)

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Acta Orientalia, cilt.78, sa.3, ss.539-557, 2025 (AHCI)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 78 Sayı: 3
• Basım Tarihi: 2025
• Doi Numarası: 10.1556/062.2025.00423
• Dergi Adı: Acta Orientalia
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.539-557
• Anahtar Kelimeler: 17thcentury, diplomatic history, early modern military history, Habsburgs, Ottomans, prisoner letters
• İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Hauptmann Leonhardt Rüblandt and several of his company's imperial soldiers were taken captive by the Ottomans in a clash with Habsburg forces at Párkány (Ciǧerdelen/Štúrovo) in 1663. Together with a group of other prisoners of diplomatic value, Hauptmann Rüblandt was incarcerated in the Seven Towers in Istanbul. From there, Rüblandt dispatched several letters to the imperial resident in Edirne and to Vienna. These letters testify to his interpretation of the events surrounding him in the Seven Towers as a manifestation of the wider political universe that extended beyond the walls of his confinement.