The Ottoman State

Published by Dar Al-Ahliya, "The Ottoman Empire: Factors of Rise and Causes of Collapse" by historian Issa Al-Hassan offers a detailed, multi-perspective examination of Ottoman history. The book is structured around two key axes: the factors that enabled the empire's rise, governance, and rapid expansion across Europe, Asia, and Africa; and the systemic issues that precipitated its eventual downfall. Al-Hassan analyzes the administrative, economic, military, and geopolitical dynamics of the empire, highlighting both its golden eras under renowned sultans and the structural weaknesses, internal rivalries, economic stagnation, and European colonial pressures that combined to bring about its dissolution in the early 20th century.

It provides an accessible, balanced, and structurally sound overview of Ottoman history, offering invaluable lessons on state-building, military expansion, and political decline.

Historians, political scientists, students of Islamic and European history, and readers interested in imperial history, state governance, and geopolitics.