C Oscanyan

The Sultan and His People C Oscanyan

Christopher Oscanyan (28 April 1818 in Constantinople, Turkey - 1 August 1895 in Brooklyn, New York) was an American-Armenian writer. Oscanyan arrived in New York City in 1835 and was at once matriculated at the University of the City of New York. Failing health compelled him to leave college in his junior year, and he joined the staff of civil engineers engaged in the construction of the Charleston and Cincinnati Railroad. In New York, Oscanyan wrote and published The Sultan and His People (New York, 1857), 16,000 copies of which were sold in four months.