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Hace 2 días · Built for Sultan Selim II, Selimiye Cammii is considered far superior to any other mosque. It was described by Corbusier as one of the hundred greatest buildings in the world. It’s large low dome has fantastic acoustics.Five times a day, the muezzin would climb the tower known as the minret to call the faithful to prayer.
Hace 3 días · Hagia Sophia, an important Byzantine structure in Istanbul and one of the world’s great monuments. It was built as a Christian church in the 6th century ce (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. In subsequent centuries it became a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again.
Hace 21 horas · Explora la historia del Lala Mustafa Pasha, el líder otomano conocido como el Conquistador de Chipre. Este video te llevará a través de la emocionante y deci...
Hace 5 días · The reforms that Selim III tried to implement in his reign are known as “Nizam-i Cedid,” which means “New Order” in Turkish. Initially, this was simply the name that Selim III gave to the new European-style infantry that he formed after the Ottoman defeat against the joint forces of Austria and Russia between 1787 and 1792.
Hace 1 día · The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty.It was the last independent Muslim state in Western Europe. [1]Muslims had been present in the Iberian Peninsula, which they called Al-Andalus, since 711.By the late 12th century, following the expansion of ...
Hace 1 día · This masterpiece is known as "Shahnameh of Tahmaspi" and was presented by the Safavid ruler to the Ottoman sultan Selim II in 1568. In 1576 Qezelbash faction interested in a prince whose mother was Turkman rather than Circassian or Georgian, brought Shah Esma'il II son of Shah Tahmasp I to power.
Hace 2 días · Mehmed, pronounced [icinˈdʒi ˈmehmet]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized: Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit. 'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481.
