Around the middle of the seventeenth century, a combination of external threats with internal unrest became so grave that the sultan and his family, accompanied by numerous court dignitaries and officials, were forced to leave Istanbul and take refuge in Edirne. For the next fifty years or so,...
The Harem Through The Eyes Of The Europans: Reality And Fantasy "Haremi H眉mayun", as generally known Harem,was the Sultan's private quarters. In fact, as a wordderived from Arabic, it meant a secluded or forbiddenplace... BAYSAL,Alev - 《Turkish Studies》 被引量: 0发表: 2009年 Pir...
During the First World War, the Ottoman Army undertook a significant and challenging mission across three continents. Their efforts were not solely driven by allegiance to their Sultan or Empire, but by a strong determination to protect their homeland. They faced battles on extensive land territories...
Friedrich Kress von Kressenstein, born in 1870 in Bavaria, served as an artillery officer and was a part of Liman von Sanders' military mission to Turkey in January 1914. He spent most of the First World War serving the Ottoman Empire. When the Ottoman Empire formally allied with Germany ...
Hüseyin Kamil Pasha, the second son of Khedive Ismail Pasha, who ruled Egypt from 1863 to 1879, assumed leadership as the officially appointed Sultan of Egypt. Facing challenges from anti-British sentiments among Arab citizens and the looming threat of an Ottoman Army attack, Britain found ...
In 1882, the Italian government purchased all the land near Assab, acquired earlier by a shipping company, Societa di Navigazione Rubattino, with the help of Father Sapeto. In 1889, the government also purchased land from the Sultan of Raharita. From 1890 to 1941, Italian plantation ...
For more than 400 years, Bosnia was an important province of the Ottoman Empire. Islam was the official religion, though non-Muslim faiths were allowed. Indeed, in the Ottoman era many Jews came from Spain, where they faced persecution or death at the hands of the Catholic Inquisition, to ...
Wait! You must ask the Sultan' s permission for that,I think,'Mehmet says. And the Sultan says“no" to most people when they ask for things.' 'So what can I do?'Hezarfen cries. 'Listen. These days the District Chief of Galata talks about your brother a lot. Now the Sultan's in...
One such pirate was named Sinan the Great Jew (see his picture below), who after losing everything his family had built up in Spain for 1,450 years, pledged his seafaring skills in the Mediterranean Sea to the Ottoman sultan. All Sinan wanted were ships and crews to get revenge on the...
Fast Facts: Mahmud of Ghazni Known For: First sultan in history Also Known As: Yamin ad-Dawlah Abdul-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktegin Born: Nov. 2, 971 in Ghazna, Zabulistan, Samanid Empire Parents: Abu Mansur Sabuktigin, Mahmud-i Zavuli ...