THE GREAT SIEGE OF MALTA (1565) AND THE ISTANBUL STATE ARCHIVES In this work the author reproduces and comments on sixteen Turkish decrees connected with the 1565 Siege. The author then goes on to reproduce a short western account of the major events that happened during the Great Siege. The final part of this publication is devoted to the description of and commentary on The Malta Campaign Register, the manuscript recovered by Arnold Cassola in Istanbul. vii + 79 pages