Ottoman envoys produced systematic written travel accounts of Europe

Evidence

We have a fair number of embassy reports from the Muslim side. Returning Ottoman envoys generally wrote an account of their travels, called Sefaret-name, embassy book. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 771

Categorization

• XREF: Reverse-direction legibility: the Ottoman sefaret-name genre parallels the European consular/travel reports, offering a mirror image relevant to Said-style representation analysis.
• SEED: Essay angle: the sefaret-name as the Ottoman counterpart to European Orientalist travel writing — how each side made the other legible.