The most well-known are those fought against the Muslims of the eastern Mediterranean for the Holy Land between 1096 and 1271. Crusades were also fought from the 12th century against the Iberian Moors, the Ottoman Empire and for a variety of other reasons. These included fighting pagans, the ...
According to Ibn ‘Aṭā’ Allāh, the shaykh was travelling through an area heavily populated by Muslims, yet none gave him shelter or anything to eat. When some Byzantine Christians encountered him, they exclaimed that he was a “priest” (qissīs) of the Muslims, and they gave him ...
Sixteen of the eighteen most important bankers in the Ottoman Empire were Armenian”.(Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian:The man and his work. Lisbon:Gulbenkian Foundation Press.2010) Patriarchate of Constantinople Costumes of the Ottoman Empire extending to Muslims, Christians, Jewish communities, clergy, ...
The Ottoman Empire (French: Empire ottoman; Ottoman Turkish: دولت عليه عثمانيه, Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye; Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu / Osmanlı Devleti) was an empire which existed from approximately 1299 until its dissolution...
After intense resistance in the Balkans, by the likes of Skanderbeg, the Ottomans were soon on the Danube, there was nothing left to block their advance into Central Europe. At Meḥmed II's death, the Ottoman Empire looked much the way Romania had in the 11th Century. Selīm I "...
. The declaration was enthusiastically received by many Jews worldwide, but was opposed by Palestinian and Arab leaders, who later claimed that the objective was a breach of promises made to the Sharif of Mecca in 1915, in exchange for Arabs helping to fight the Ottoman Empire during the war...
The Ottoman Empire was populated by the Did the Mongol Empire conquer Europe? Did the Ottoman Empire destroy the Byzantine Empire? Did Persia participate in the Peloponnesian War? Did Alexander the Great name himself emperor of the Persian Empire? Was Armenia in the Russian Empire? Did Byzantine...
South Asia was projected to be the most heavily populated region of the world in the year 2000. This can be attributed to several factors such as high birth rates, improved healthcare leading to lower mortality rates, and limited access to family planning services in the region. Additionally,...
and the House of Unbelief, which it is the duty of Muslims ultimately to bring to Islam…. The struggle between these rival systems has now lasted for some 14 centuries…. America has become the archenemy, the incarnation of evil, the diabolic opponent of all that is good… of Islam…....
The global war was mostly taking place in Europe and involved France, the United Kingdom, and Russia, against the Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. America had kept a policy of staying neutral during the conflict but was dragged into the war. The ...