The 1565 Ottoman "Malta campaign register"

Abstract

This publication on the Great Siege and the material on Malta found in the Istanbul Archives would not have been possible without the support of various individuals and institutions. My heartfelt thanks go to Dr Necati Aktas, Deputy Director General of the State Archives in Istanbul, for the permission granted to me to reproduce the manuscript of the Malta Campaign Register, and to the staff of the Istanbul Archives for all the help afforded. I also owe special thanks to the Rector of the University of Malta, Prof. Roger Ellul Micallef, and to the ex-Rector and present Director of the Mediterranean Institute, Prof. Peter Serracino Inglott, for having granted funds for the rendering into English of the Malta Campaign Register and for my research activity.