After Sultan Mahmud II crushed the Janissaries in 1826 ... They are trying to appropriate these Bektashi historical sites as a Turkish, Ottoman heritage.” However, the Bektashi state could ...

The Ottoman Sultan, Mahmud II, had no choice but to sue for peace. The Treaty of Adrianople was a turning point in the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and its vassals in the Balkans, ...

Late Ottoman areas of tightly packed buildings and cul-de-sacs ... Ezikiel Gabbay, a Baghdadi banker, was chief treasurer and adviser to Sultan Mahmud II in the early 19th century. Until the creation ...

It’s like asking what Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II thought about the War of 1812. No one knows, because no one gives a damn. Even the Israelis don’t appear to be taking Canada seriously anymore ...

The order was officially banned twice: first, in the 17th century, by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. Then, in 1925, the founding father of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, shut down all of ...

However, its liberal approach to faith led to multiple bans, most notably by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II in the 17th century and later in 1925 by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.

The order was officially banned twice: first, in the 17th century, by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II. Then, in 1925, the founding father of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, shut down ...

The fez, originating from the city of Fez in Morocco, became a staple in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century. Sultan Mahmud II, aiming for modernity and reform, incorporated it into ...

Cover for postcard, certificate, diploma. Golden vintage oriental arch frame Portrait of Sultan Mahmud II of the Ottoman Empire (1785-1839) born in the Topkapi Palace, Constantinople, the posthumous ...

Highlights from other private collections in the sale include a rare Mughal silk rug gifted to the Corcoran Museum of Art by Senator Wililam A. Clarke, and a late 15th century Ottoman Court Ushak ...

The Sayed al-Hashim Mosque was built in the 12th century at the site where Prophet Muhammad’s great-grandfather is thought to be buried [File: Mahmud ... the watch of Ottoman Sultan Abdul ...