"The chronicles unfortunately do not portray the culture of the ghazis; they give detailed descriptions of battles, but cultural information is confined to the rulers and their courts."
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Linda T. Darling (2000). Contested Territory: Ottoman Holy War in Comparative Context. Studia Islamica, (91), 133â163. doi:10.2307/1596272
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