(seventh century), and Ottoman Turks, who held it from 1516 until World War I. As Transjordan the country became part of the British mandate of Palestine in 1920, gaining independence in 1946. It was renamed Jordan in 1949 after acquiring the West Bank, which it later renounced in 1974....
A country of southwest Asia in northwest Arabia. Inhabited in ancient times by various Semitic peoples such as the Moabites and the Nabataeans, the area was conquered by the Romans (first centuryad), Arabs (seventh century), and Ottoman Turks, who held it from 1516 until World War I. As...
King Zog Iwas born Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli on October 8, 1895 at Burgajet Castle in Burrel, the Ottoman Empire, now in Albania. He was the second child and only son ofXhemal Pasha Zogolliand his second wifeSadije Toptani. His father was the Hereditary Governor of Mati (one of Albania’s...
This led to a short conflict with France, which was becoming the colonial power in Damascus. King Faisal, who became king of Iraq, first attempted to install himself in Damascus. His brother ended up on the throne of Jordan. Syria interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa disembarks from the airplan...
Princess Shivakiarwas born October 25, 1876 in Üsküdar, Istanbul in the Ottoman Empire, the only daughter of Prince Ibrahim Fahmi Pasha and his first wife, Nevjiwan Hanim. On May 31, 1895 she marriedPrince Ahmed Fuad (later King Fuad I of Egypt)at theAbbasiya Palacein Cairo. The cou...
moved to Alexandria for fear of his own safety as army officers led by Ahmed Urabi began to take control of the government. By June, Egypt was in the hands of nationalists opposed to European domination of the country, and the new revolutionary government began nationalizing all assets in ...
Dǝlmä Nǝgśa was appointed a regional governor by her father; she built a large church in Gayǝnt, in the borderland district of Bägemdǝr province; see Ahmed Hassen Omer, ‘Gayǝnt’, inEAe2 (2005), 716–17. It followed a basilican layout and was built from huge ...
known as Ibn Saud, he was born on January 15, 1876, inRiyadh,Emirate of Nejd, now in theKingdom of Saudi Arabia. His parents wereAbdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Emir of Nejd(1845 – 1928), and Princess Sarah bint Ahmed Al-Sudairy (died 1910), one of his father’s nine wives....
Later he helped István Bocskay gain the throne of Transylvania and supported his successor, Gábor Báthory. Differences between Bethlen and Báthory, however, forced Bethlen to take refuge with the Turks. The Ottoman sultan Ahmed I, suzerain of Transylvania, provided Bethlen with an army and ...