Sultan’s America: Lessons from Ottoman Encounters with the United States

Emrah ŞAHİN

Article Details

Sultan’s America: Lessons from Ottoman Encounters with the United States

Authors:

Emrah ŞAHİN

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2014 Issue 39, pp.55-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734406

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606

Abstract:

 

On 23 June 1892, the Reverend John Joseph Nouri, Doctor of Divinity and Laws and a “native” and “loyal subject of the Ottoman Empire,”  landed at the port of San Francisco, the terminus a quo of his first trip to the  United States  Y. Prk. Tkm. 30/53 1 . As the Archdeacon of Babylon and  Jerusalem, and the Grand Apostolic Ambassador to Malabar, India, and  Persia, he was a self-ordained biblical archeologist who aligned his faith  with the urge to explore Eastern Turkey and the Holy Lands. This time, he  undertook the non-biblical task of discovering the New World, not ancient  religious sites. On 12 March the following year, he thought he saw enough  of Southern states and decided to head northeast to Chicago via the Southern Pacific Railway. While waiting at the station, he was approached by a  motley group of thieves, forced to surrender his train ticket, and robbed  of his possessions including jewels, medals, papers, and vestment. After  the mugging, the thieves, John Hurey, George Smith, and Susan Smith,  poisoned and dumped him in critical condition at the Napa State Insane  Asylum, where he was incarcerated as a mental patient without proper  examination.

Article Details

Sultan’s America: Lessons from Ottoman Encounters with the United States

Authors: Emrah ŞAHİN

Publisher: American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal: Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2014 Issue 39, pp.55-76

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2014

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000734406

Frequency: Bi-Annual

pISSN: 1300-6606

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Authors:

Emrah ŞAHİN

Publisher:

American Studies Association of Turkey (ASAT)

Journal:

Journal of American Studies of Turkey 2014 Issue 39, pp.55-76

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2014

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000734406

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

pISSN:

1300-6606