The Ottoman sultan was the absolute ruler of the territory. He was the head of the state and head of the government, and his words were the Law. He was the political, military, judicial, social, and religious leader. He was responsible only to Allah and God's Law, known as the Seri...
Ottoman Empire- a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire ...
When Abdül-Mejīd II was deposed in 1924, he had been ruling as the Caliph, not as Ottoman Sultan; and both he and the entire family were expelled from Turkey. Male members of the family were not allowed back until 1973 (the women in 1951). I have identified Abdül-Mejīd II with ...
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It was during the reign of Ahmed I (who build the Blue Mosque in Istanbul) that the single-son policy was abandoned. When Ahmed became Sultan (r.1603-1617), he did not kill his brother Mustafa, and instead kept him in the Kafes on alcohol and opium. Ahmed's years of isolation with...
The Ottomans, who rose after the capture ofConstantinople, spread to the entire Middle East during the reign of Selim I (1512-1520).Selim Idoubled the Ottoman lands, even though he was the sultan for only 8 years.Holy citiessuch as Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem were captured in his time....
The Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye, lit. The Sublime Ottoman State) is a large country in the Middle East. It borders Bulgaria in Europe; Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Persia in the east; Jabal Shammar, Nejd and Hasa, Yemen,
Several renovations were made to Topkapi Palace during the 18th Century. Sultan Ahmed III (r. 1703-1730) commissioned the construction of new buildings, pavilions, and courtyards. These structures were influenced by Baroque and Rococo architectural styles. Sultan Ahmed III had his own private pavil...
Sultan Ahmed I commissioned its construction to reassert Ottoman power after the Peace of Zsitvatorok and the crushing loss in the 1603-1618 Ottoman – Safavid war. Blue Mosque ÇINILI MOSQUE (1640) Kosem Sultan commissioned construction of the Çinili Mosque. The mosque was completed and op...
SultanBayazid II (1481-1512) and which was to reach its culmination and apogéeunderSiileyman the Magnificent (1520-1566), so it could supply only a smallportion of theofficials who were needed to establish Ottoman administrationin the new province, and those Ottoman officials who could be ...